Yep, I know how handy that is. I usually use it on debian-based boxes for having nice readable boot font sizes, and for when I switch to virtual terminals and don't want to have to set it every time.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
As a fan of terminus, I usually choose the terminus console fonts in different sizes.
But Curaga's solution works too.
I normally import terminus and other console fonts from another distro like Knoppix, and then use setfont to manually set it after login with *cores after some playing around to see what looks best. Both for X11 and pure consoles.
Still doesn't solve the teeny-font during boot issues, so I just close my eyes during that moment and scour dmesg with the new fonts afterwards.