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, char‐
acter metrics, and character bitmaps.
The wildcard character "*" can be used to match any sequence of charac‐
ters (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 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.
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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