showfont(1)

NAME

   showfont - font dumper for X font server

SYNOPSIS

   showfont [ -options ... ] -fn pattern

DESCRIPTION

   Showfont  displays  data  about  a font that matches the given pattern.
   The information  shown  includes  font  information,  font  properties,
   character metrics, and character bitmaps.

   The  wildcard  character  "*"  can  be  used  to  match any sequence of
   characters (including none) in the font name, and "?" can  be  used  to
   match  any single character.  The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted
   to prevent them from being expanded by the shell.   If  no  pattern  is
   given, "*" is assumed.

OPTIONS

   -server servername
           The  X font server to contact.  servername must be specified in
           one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section  of
           X(7).    If  not  specified,  the server name in the FONTSERVER
           environment variable is used.

   -fn name
           The font to display.

   -lsb    The bit order of the  font  should  be  requested  as  LSBFirst
           (least significant bit first).

   -msb    The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most
           significant bit first).

   -LSB    The byte order of the font  should  be  requested  as  LSBFirst
           (least significant byte first).

   -MSB    The  byte  order  of  the  font should be requested as MSBFirst
           (most significant byte first).

   -ext[ents_only]
           Only the character extents should be  displayed,  but  not  the
           bitmaps.

   -start char
           The  start of the range of the characters to display (char is a
           number).

   -end char
           The end of the range of the characters to display  (char  is  a
           number).

   -unit n The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).

   -pad n  The scanpad unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).

   -b[itmap_pad] n
           The  bitmap  padding  unit  of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is
           ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax).

   -noprops
           Do not show the font properties.

   -version
           Print the program version and exit.

SEE ALSO

   xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), fstobdf(1), xlsfonts(1), X(7).

ENVIRONMENT

   FONTSERVER
           the default X font server to contact.  The server name must  be
           specified  in  one  of  the  formats defined in the Font Server
           Names section of X(7).

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
   See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR

   Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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