xlsfonts
(1)
Name
xlsfonts - server font list displayer for X
Synopsis
xlsfonts [-display host:dpy] [-l] [-ll] [-lll] [-m] [-C]
[-1] [-w width] [-n columns] [-u] [-o] [-fn pattern]
Description
User Commands xlsfonts(1)
NAME
xlsfonts - server font list displayer for X
SYNOPSIS
xlsfonts [-display host:dpy] [-l] [-ll] [-lll] [-m] [-C]
[-1] [-w width] [-n columns] [-u] [-o] [-fn pattern]
DESCRIPTION
xlsfonts lists the fonts that match the given pattern. The
wildcard character "*" may be used to match any sequence of
characters (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
-display host:dpy
This option specifies the X server to contact.
-d host:dpy
Same as -display host:dpy.
-l Lists some attributes of the font on one line in addi-
tion to its name.
-ll Lists font properties in addition to -l output.
-lll Lists character metrics in addition to -ll output.
-m This option indicates that long listings should also
print the minimum and maximum bounds of each font.
-C This option indicates that listings should use multiple
columns. This is the same as -n 0.
-1 This option indicates that listings should use a single
column. This is the same as -n 1.
-w width
This option specifies the width in characters that
should be used in figuring out how many columns to
print. The default is 79.
-n columns
This option specifies the number of columns to use in
displaying the output. By default, it will attempt to
fit as many columns of font names into the number of
character specified by -w width.
-u This option indicates that the output should be left
unsorted.
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User Commands xlsfonts(1)
-o This option indicates that xlsfonts should do an Open-
Font (and QueryFont, if appropriate) rather than a
ListFonts. This is useful if ListFonts or List-
FontsWithInfo fail to list a known font (as is the case
with some scaled font systems).
-fn pattern
This option specifies the font name pattern to match.
SEE ALSO
X(5), Xserver(1), xset(1), xfd(1), X Logical Font Descrip-
tion Conventions
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY
DISPLAY must be set to get the default host and display
to use.
BUGS
Doing ``xlsfonts -l'' can tie up your server for a very long
time. This is really a bug with single-threaded non-pre-
emptable servers, not with this program.
AUTHOR
Mark Lillibridge
Jim Fulton
Phil Karlton
Roland Mainz
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+
|Availability |x11/diagnostic/x11-info-clients |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+
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