SHOWFONT __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
NAME
showfont - font dumper for X font server
SYNOPSIS
showfont [ -options .\|.\|. ] -fn pattern
DESCRIPTION
Showfont displays data about a font that matches the given pattern. The information shown includes font information, font properties, character metrics, and character bitmaps.

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.

"OPTIONS"

8 -server servername The X font server to contact. servername must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(__miscmansuffix__). If not specified, the server name in the FONTSERVER environment variable is used.

8 -fn " name" The font to display.

8 -lsb The bit order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant bit first).

8 -msb The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant bit first).

8 -LSB The byte order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant byte first).

8 -MSB The byte order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant byte first).

8 -ext[ents_only] Only the character extents should be displayed, but not the bitmaps.

8 -start " char" The start of the range of the characters to display (char is a number).

8 -end " char" The end of the range of the characters to display (char is a number).

8 -unit " n" The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).

8 -pad " n" The scanpad unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).

8 -b[itmap_pad] " n" The bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax).

8 -noprops Do not show the font properties.

8 -version Print the program version and exit.

"SEE ALSO"
xfs (__appmansuffix__), fslsfonts (__appmansuffix__), fstobdf (__appmansuffix__), xlsfonts (__appmansuffix__), X (__miscmansuffix__).
ENVIRONMENT

8 FONTSERVER the default X font server to contact. The server name must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X (__miscmansuffix__).

AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.