SHOWFONT(1)                 X Version 11(Release 5)                 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 contact.

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


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              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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