.\" $XConsortium: showfont.man,v 1.3 94/04/11 14:29:57 gildea Exp $ .\" $XFree86: xc/programs/showfont/showfont.man,v 1.3 2000/02/17 14:00:33 dawes Exp $ .TH SHOWFONT 1 __xorgversion__ .SH NAME showfont \- font dumper for X font server .SH SYNOPSIS .B showfont [ .I \-options \&.\|.\|. ] .B \-fn .I pattern .SH DESCRIPTION .I Showfont displays data about a font that matches the given \fIpattern\fP. The information shown includes font information, font properties, character metrics, and character bitmaps. .PP The wildcard character "*" can be used to match any sequence of characters (including none) in the font name, and "?" can be used to match any single character. The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them from being expanded by the shell. If no pattern is given, "*" is assumed. .SH "OPTIONS" .TP 8 .B \-server \fIhost\fP:\fIport\fP The X font server to contact. .TP 8 .BI \-fn " name" The font to display. .TP 8 .B \-lsb The bit order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant bit first). .TP 8 .B \-msb The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant bit first). .TP 8 .B \-LSB The byte order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant byte first). .TP 8 .B \-MSB The byte order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant byte first). .TP 8 .B \-ext\fR[\fPents_only\fR]\fP Only the character extents should be displayed, but not the bitmaps. .TP 8 .BI \-start " char" The start of the range of the characters to display (\fIchar\fP is a number). .TP 8 .BI \-end " char" The end of the range of the characters to display (\fIchar\fP is a number). .TP 8 .BI \-unit " n" The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64). .TP 8 .BI \-pad " n" The scanpad unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64). .TP 8 .BI \-b\fR[\fPitmap_pad\fR]\fP " n" The bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax). .TP 8 .B \-noprops Do not show the font properties. .SH "SEE ALSO" xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), xlsfonts(1) .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP 8 .B FONTSERVER the default X font server to contact. .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc. .br See \fIX\fP(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions. .SH AUTHOR Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.