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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 en- vironment 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 Im- ageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax). -noprops Do not show the font properties. -version Print the program version and exit. 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). AUTHOR Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc. X Version 11 SHOWFONT(1)