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SHOWFONT(1)                                                                                      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, 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 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  ImageRect-MaxWidth ImageRectMaxWidth
               MaxWidth 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 for-mats formats
               mats 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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