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NAME
 fstobdf - generate BDF font from X font server
SYNOPSIS
 fstobdf [ -server servername ] -fn fontname
DESCRIPTION
 The  fstobdf program reads a font from a font server and prints a BDF file on the standard output that may be used to recreate the font. This is useful in testing servers, debugging font metrics, and reproducing lost BDF files.
OPTIONS
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-server  servername
- 
This option specifies the server from which the font should be read. servername must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(7).   If not specified, the server name in the FONTSERVER environment variable is used.
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-fn  fontname
- 
This option specifies the font for which a BDF file should be generated.
 
ENVIRONMENT
- 
FONTSERVER
- 
The default server to use.  The server name must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(7).
 
SEE ALSO
 xfs(1), bdftopcf(1), showfont(1), fslsfonts(1), X(7).
AUTHOR
 Olaf Brandt, Network Computing Devices
 
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices
 
 
Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium