SHOWFONT(1)                                           SHOWFONT(1)


NAME
       showfont - font dumper for X font server

SYNOPSIS
       showfont [-options ...] [-fn pattern]

DESCRIPTION
       Showfont  displays  data  about  the font that matches the
       given pattern.  The wildcard character "*" may be used  to
       match any sequence of characters (including none), and "?"
       to match any single character.  If no  pattern  is  given,
       "*" is assumed.

       The  "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them
       from being expanded by the shell.

OPTIONS
       -server host:port
               This option specifies the X font  server  to  con-
               tact.


       -l      This  option  indicates  that the bit order of the
               font is LSBFirst (least significant bit first).

       -m      This option indicates that the bit  order  of  the
               font is MSBFirst (most significant bit first).

       -L      This  option  indicates that the byte order of the
               font is LSBFirst (least significant byte first).

       -M      This option indicates that the byte order  of  the
               font is MSBFirst (most significant byte first).

       -extentsonly
               This option indicates that only the font's extents
               should be displayed.

       -start# This option indicates the start of  the  range  of
               the characters to display (# is a number).

       -end#   This  option indicates the end of the range of the
               characters to display (# is a number).

       -unit#  This option specifies the  scanline  unit  of  the
               font (1, 2, 4 or 8).  (# is a number).

       -pad#

       -unit#  This option specifies the scanpad unit of the font
               (1, 2, 4 or 8).  (# is a number).

       -bitmappad#
               This option specifies the bitmap padding  unit  of



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               the  font  (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1
               is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is  ImageRectMaxWidth).


SEE ALSO
       fs(1), showfont(1), xlsfonts(1)

ENVIRONMENT
       FONTSERVER
               to get the default host and port to use.

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








































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