XFD(1)                          X11 R4.11MU05                         XFD(1)


NAME
       xfd - display all the characters in an X font

SYNOPSIS
       xfd [-options ...] -fn fontname

DESCRIPTION
       The xfd utility creates a window containing the name of the font
       being displayed, a row of command buttons, several lines of text for
       displaying character metrics, and a grid containing one glyph per
       cell.  The characters are shown in increasing order from left to
       right, top to bottom.  The first character displayed at the top left
       will be character number 0 unless the -start option has been supplied
       in which case the character with the number given in the -start
       option will be used.

       The characters are displayed in a grid of boxes, each large enough to
       hold any single character in the font.  Each character glyph is drawn
       using the PolyText16 request (used by the Xlib routine
       XDrawString16).  If the -box option is given, a rectangle will be
       drawn around each character, showing where an ImageText16 request
       (used by the Xlib routine XDrawImageString16) would cause background
       color to be displayed.

       The origin of each glyph is normally set so that the character is
       drawn in the upper left hand corner of the grid cell.  However, if a
       glyph has a negative left bearing or an unusually large ascent,
       descent, or right bearing (as is the case with cursor font), some
       character may not appear in their own grid cells.  The -center option
       may be used to force all glyphs to be centered in their respective
       cells.

       All the characters in the font may not fit in the window at once.  To
       see the next page of glyphs, press the Next button at the top of the
       window.  To see the previous page, press Prev.  To exit xfd, press
       Quit.

       Individual character metrics (index, width, bearings, ascent and
       descent) can be displayed at the top of the window by pressing on the
       desired character.

       The font name displayed at the top of the window is the full name of
       the font, as determined by the server.  See xlsfonts for ways to
       generate lists of fonts, as well as more detailed summaries of their
       metrics and properties.

OPTIONS
       xfd accepts all of the standard toolkit command line options along
       with the additional options listed below:

       -fn font
               This option specifies the font to be displayed.

       -box    This option indicates that a box should be displayed
               outlining the area that would be filled with background color
               by an ImageText request.

       -center This option indicates that each glyph should be centered in
               its grid.

       -start number
               This option specifies the glyph index of the upper left hand
               corner of the grid.  This is used to view characters at
               arbitrary locations in the font.  The default is 0.

       -bc color
               This option specifies the color to be used if ImageText boxes
               are drawn.

X DEFAULTS
       To be written.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xlsfonts(1), xrdb(1), xfontsel(1)

BUGS
       The program should skip over pages full of non-existent characters.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
       See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
       Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium; previous program of the same name by
       Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena.



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