SHOWFONT(1)		    General Commands Manual		   SHOWFONT(1)



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, 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 servername
	       The  X font server to contact.  servername must be specified in
	       one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section  of
	       X(7).	If  not	 specified,  the server name in the FONTSERVER
	       environment variable is used.

       -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), fstobdf(1), xlsfonts(1), X(7).

ENVIRONMENT
       FONTSERVER
	       the default X font server to contact.  The server name must  be
	       specified  in  one  of  the  formats defined in the Font Server
	       Names section of X(7).

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
       See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.



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