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.