showsnf(X)                    06 January 1993                     showsnf(X)


 Name

    showsnf - print contents of an SNF file

 Syntax


    showsnf [-g] [-l] [-L] [-m] [-M] [-p#] [-u#] [-v]


 Description

    showsnf displays the contents of font files in the Server Natural Format
    (SNF) produced by bdftosnf.  Use showsnf to verify that a font file is
    not corrupted or to convert the individual glyphs into arrays of charac-
    ters for proofreading or for conversion to other formats.

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       NOTE  showsnf has been replaced by showfont(X) in the X11R5 server.
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 Options


    -g        prints character glyph bitmaps.

    -l        indicates that the bit order of the font is least significant
              bit first.  The bit order of Xsco server fonts is least signif-
              icant bit first.

    -L        indicates that the byte order of the font is least significant
              byte first.

    -m        indicates that the bit order of the font is most significant
              bit first.

    -M        indicates that the byte order of the font is most significant
              byte first.  The byte order of Xsco server fonts is most sig-
              nificant byte first.

    -p#       sets the font glyph padding.  Each glyph in the font will have
              each scanline padded in to a multiple of # bytes, where # is 1,
              2, 4 or 8.

    -u#       sets the font scanline unit.  When the font bit order is dif-
              ferent from the font byte order, the scanline unit # describes
              what unit of data (in bytes) are to be swapped; the unit # can
              be 1, 2 or 4 bytes.

    -v        prints character bearings and sizes.


 Known limitations

    You cannot print only a single glyph.

 See also

    bdftopcf(X), bdftosnf(X), fstobdf(X), showfont(X), X(X)