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NAME
xlsfonts - server font list displayer for X
SYNOPSIS
xlsfonts [-options ...] [-fn pattern]
DESCRIPTION
xlsfonts lists the fonts that match the given pattern.
The wildcard character, *, may be used to match any
sequence of characters (including none); ? may be used
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
-display host:dpy
specifies the X server with which to connect.
-fn pattern
only fonts matching pattern are listed; this option
is the default, so it is not necessary to specify
the -fn.
-l
indicates that a long listing should be generated
for each font:
DIR MIN MAX EXIST DFLT PROP ASC DESC NAME
--> 0 127 all 0 6 10 3 fixed
where:
DIR
indicates the direction in which the font is
printed (left-to-right --> or right-to-left <--).
MIN
is the lowest character number.
MAX
is the highest character number.
EXIST
is either all or some, indicating whether or not
all characters between MIN and MAX exist.
DFLT
is the default character number.
PROP
is the number of font properties set by the font.
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ASC
is the maximum height of the ascenders in the font.
DESC
is the maximum drop of the descenders in the font.
NAME
is the name of the font.
When -l is specified, the -C, -w and -n options are
ignored, and the output is always in a single column.
-m
indicates that long listings also print the minimum
and maximum bounds of each font (the -l option must
be specified with -m).
DIR MIN MAX EXIST DFLT PROP ASC DESC NAME
--> 0 127 all 0 6 10 3 fixed
min(l,r,w,a,d) = (0,6,6,10,3)
max(l,r,w,a,d) = (0,6,6,10,3)
where:
l
is the left bearing.
r
is the right bearing.
w
is the width.
a
is the ascender.
d
is the descender.
-C
indicates that listings should use multiple
columns. This is the same as -n 0.
-1
indicates that listings should use a single column.
This is the same as -n 1.
-w width
specifies the width in characters used to calculate
how many columns to print. The default is 79.
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-n columns
specifies the number of columns to use in
displaying the output. By default, it will attempt
to fit as many columns of font names into the
number of characters specified by -w width.
SEE ALSO
xset(1), xfd(1)
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY
To get the default host and display to use.
BUGS
Doing xlsfonts -l can tie up your server for a very
long time. This is really a bug with single-threaded
non-preemptive servers, not with this program.
AUTHOR
Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena
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