| SHOWFONT(1) | General Commands Manual | 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.