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showfont(1)							   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 charac‐
       ters  (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 LSB‐
	       First (least significant bit first).

       -m      This option indicates that the bit order of the	font  is  MSB‐
	       First (most significant bit first).

       -L      This  option  indicates that the byte order of the font is LSB‐
	       First (least significant byte first).

       -M      This option indicates that the byte order of the font  is  MSB‐
	       First (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  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 X11(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc

X Version 11			   Release 6			   showfont(1)

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