NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       showfont - font dumper for X font server

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       showfont [-options...] -fn  pattern

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  X  font server to contact.  The font to display.  The
       bit order of the font  should  be  requested  as  LSBFirst
       (least  significant bit first).  The bit order of the font
       should be requested  as  MSBFirst  (most  significant  bit
       first).  The byte order of the font should be requested as
       LSBFirst (least significant byte first).  The  byte  order
       of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant
 byte first).  Only the character  extents  should  be
       displayed, but not the bitmaps.  The start of the range of
       the characters to display (char is a number).  The end  of
       the range of the characters to display (char is a number).
       The scanline unit of the font (8, 16,  32,  or  64).   The
       scanpad  unit  of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).  The bitmap
       padding unit  of  the  font  (0,  1,  or  2,  where  0  is
       ImageRectMin,  1  is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax).
  Do not show the font properties.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The showfont command  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.

ENVIRONMENT    [Toc]    [Back]

       the default X font server to contact.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

       See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and  permissions.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       xfs(1X), fslsfonts(1X), xlsfonts(1X)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.



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