---
name: "xglyph"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "t1lib-bin"
version: "5.1.2-3.6"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xglyph"
---

# xglyph(1)

demonstration program for the t1lib font rasterizer library.

## NAME

xglyph - demonstration program for the t1lib font rasterizer library.

## SYNOPSIS

**xglyph** \[ **fontfile...** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **xglyph** program. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**xglyph** is a program which demonstrates the capabilities of the **t1lib** library.  It allows the user to view an arbitrary character or string rendered in the various ways pgossible with the library.  By default, it writes a log file named *t1lib.log* in the current directory.

If invoked with no arguments, it will attempt to read the global configuration file and font database.  It will also accept any number of filenames on the command line, in which case these are treated as font files to be loaded instead of the default font database.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Shows a brief help text

- **--Help**

  Shows a description of all options

- **--noGrid**

  Don't draw grid lines when displaying glyphs

- **--setPad**

  Set bitmap padding

- **--logError**

  Log errors only

- **--logWarning**

  Log errors and warnings

- **--logStatistic**

  Log errors, warnings, and statistics

- **--logDebug**

  Log just about everything

- **--ignoreForceBold**

  Don't make pseudo-boldface glyphs

- **--ignoreFamilyAlignment**

  - **--ignoreHinting**

  Ignore hints when scaling glyphs

- **--debugLine**

  Show debugging info for line-drawing operations in the rasterizer

- **--debugRegion**

  Show debugging info for region operations in the rasterizer

- **--debugPath**

  Show debugging info for path operations in the rasterizer

- **--debugFont**

  - **--debugHint**

  Show debugging info for hinting in the rasterizer.

- **--checkPerformance**

  Do some simple performance tests while rasterizing.

- **--checkCopyFont**

  Check that copying fonts works.

- **--checkConcatGlyphs**

  Check that concatenating glyphs works.

- **--checkBadCharHandling**

  - **--checkDefaultEncoding**

  Set a default encoding vector.

## ENVIRONMENT

In the Debian GNU/Linux version of this program, the environment variable **T1LIB\_CONFIG,** if set, points to an alternate configuration file with which to initialize the library.

## SEE ALSO

**FontDataBase**(5), [**t1libconfig**(8)](/t1libconfig/8.md).

**xglyph** is much more fully documented in the LaTeX documentation that accompanies the upstream **t1lib** distribution.  This documentation is installed in PostScript and source formats with the t1lib-dev package in /usr/share/doc/t1lib-dev, and is also accessible through the dwww system.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by David Huggins-Daines \<dhd@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).