---
name: "waterfall"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gwaterfall"
version: "0.1-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/waterfall"
---

# waterfall(1)

view all characters of font in all sizes

## NAME

waterfall - view all characters of font in all sizes

## SYNOPSIS

**waterfall** \[*OPTION*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

With **waterfall**, you can browse characters of font in different rendering configurations.  There is line for each font size from 5px to 36px - thus the name “waterfall”.  Following parameters can be changed and view is updated immediately on screen: font size range and increment, hinting, autohinting, anti-aliasing, subpixel smoothing, and aspect.

## OPTIONS

**waterfall** doesn't have own options but all GTK and GDK options are recognized.

## AUTHOR

This program is written by Noah Levitt.  It uses GTK+ 2 and Xft libraries and is improved version over Keith Packard's waterfall program that uses X Athena Widgets library (Xaw) for user interface. Both programs are written in 2003.

This manual page is written by Ognyan Kulev \<ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg\> for the Debian project.