SHOWFONT(1)SHOWFONT(1)NAMEshowfont - font dumper for X font server
SYNOPSISshowfont [ -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 host:port
The X font server to contact.
-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 dis-
play (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).
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-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.
SEE ALSOxfs(1), fslsfonts(1), xlsfonts(1)ENVIRONMENT
FONTSERVER
the default X font server to contact.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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