[prog] can ncurses change screen fonts?

[ed orphan]

I'm writting a simple ncurses program for use
on the command line. Does ncurses have any
routines for changing the screen font? I'd
like bigger printing for both my screen display
and the user's input. 
If ncurses doesn't have the ability to change
screen fonts, is there another way? 
I used to be able to do this in DOS with
some x86 assembly.  If I have to, I'll use
assembly if someone can give me a hint
what to do in Linux.