$NCDId: @(#)showfont.man,v 4.2 1991/06/27 18:32:35 lemke Exp $
showfont - font dumper for X font server showfont [-options ...] [-fn pattern] 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.

8 -server host:port This option specifies the X font server to contact.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 -pad#

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

8 -bitmap_pad# This option specifies the bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMaxWidth).

fs(1), showfont(1), xlsfonts(1)

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

Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc

See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc