SHOWFONT(1) X Version 11 (Release 5) SHOWFONT(1)
NAME
showfont - font dumper for X font server
SYNOPSIS
showfont [-options ...] [-fn pattern]
DESCRIPTION
Showfont displays data about the font that matches the given
pattern. The wildcard character "*" may be used to match
any sequence of characters (including none), and "?" to
match any single character. If no pattern is given, "*" is
assumed.
The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them
from being expanded by the shell.
OPTIONS
-server host:port
This option specifies the X font server to contact.
-l This option indicates that the bit order of the font
is LSBFirst (least significant bit first).
-m This option indicates that the bit order of the font
is MSBFirst (most significant bit first).
-L This option indicates that the byte order of the
font is LSBFirst (least significant byte first).
-M This option indicates that the byte order of the
font is MSBFirst (most significant byte first).
-extents_only
This option indicates that only the font's extents
should be displayed.
-start# This option indicates the start of the range of the
characters to display (# is a number).
-end# This option indicates the end of the range of the
characters to display (# is a number).
-unit# This option specifies the scanline unit of the font
(1, 2, 4 or 8). (# is a number).
-pad#
-unit# This option specifies the scanpad unit of the font
(1, 2, 4 or 8). (# is a number).
-bitmap_pad#
This option specifies the bitmap padding unit of the
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font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is
ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMaxWidth).
SEE ALSO
fs(1), showfont(1), xlsfonts(1)
ENVIRONMENT
FONTSERVER
to get the default host and port to use.
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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