redhat man page for showfont

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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, 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 host:port The X font server to contact. -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), xlsfonts(1)
ENVIRONMENT
FONTSERVER the default X font server to contact.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc. See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc. X Version 11 Release 6.6 SHOWFONT(1)
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