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PROGRAM:

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

-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(7). If not specified, the server
name in the FONTSERVER environment variable is used.

-fn name
The font to display.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-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).

-noprops
Do not show the font properties.

-version
Print the program version and exit.

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