NAME
showfont - font dumper for X font server
SYNOPSIS
showfont [ -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 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 ALSO
xfs(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.