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 host:port
24 The X font server to contact.
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26 -fn name
27 The font to display.
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29 -lsb The bit order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst
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32 -msb The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most
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35 -LSB The byte order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst
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38 -MSB The byte order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst
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41 -ext[ents_only]
42 Only the character extents should be displayed, but not the
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46 The start of the range of the characters to display (char is a
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50 The end of the range of the characters to display (char is a
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53 -unit n The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).
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58 The bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is
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68 FONTSERVER
69 the default X font server to contact.
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72 Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
73 See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
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76 Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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