showfont - font dumper for X font server
/usr/bin/showfont [ -options ... ] -fn pattern
SHOWFONT(1) General Commands Manual SHOWFONT(1)
NAME
showfont - font dumper for X font server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/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(5). 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(5).
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(5).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
See X(5) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |x11/xfs/xfs-utilities |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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