1SHOWFONT(1) General Commands Manual SHOWFONT(1)
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6 showfont - font dumper for X font server
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9 showfont [ -options ... ] -fn pattern
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12 Showfont displays data about a font that matches the given pattern.
13 The information shown includes font information, font properties, char‐
14 acter metrics, and character bitmaps.
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16 The wildcard character "*" can be used to match any sequence of charac‐
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18 any single character. The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to
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23 -server servername
24 The X font server to contact. servername must be specified in
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26 X(7). If not specified, the server name in the FONTSERVER
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29 -fn name
30 The font to display.
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32 -lsb The bit order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst
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35 -msb The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most
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38 -LSB The byte order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst
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45 Only the character extents should be displayed, but not the
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49 The start of the range of the characters to display (char is a
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53 The end of the range of the characters to display (char is a
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56 -unit n The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).
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61 The bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is
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68 Print the program version and exit.
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71 xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), fstobdf(1), xlsfonts(1), X(7).
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75 the default X font server to contact. The server name must be
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80 Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
81 See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
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84 Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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