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
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.