SHOWFONT(1)         X Version 11 (Release 5)          SHOWFONT(1)


     NAME
          showfont - font dumper for X font server

     SYNOPSIS
          showfont [-options ...] [-fn pattern]

     DESCRIPTION
          Showfont displays data about the font that matches the given
          pattern.  The wildcard character "*" may be used to match
          any sequence of characters (including none), and "?" to
          match any single character.  If no pattern is given, "*" is
          assumed.

          The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them
          from being expanded by the shell.

     OPTIONS
          -server host:port
                  This option specifies the X font server to contact.

          -l      This option indicates that the bit order of the font
                  is LSBFirst (least significant bit first).

          -m      This option indicates that the bit order of the font
                  is MSBFirst (most significant bit first).

          -L      This option indicates that the byte order of the
                  font is LSBFirst (least significant byte first).

          -M      This option indicates that the byte order of the
                  font is MSBFirst (most significant byte first).

          -extents_only
                  This option indicates that only the font's extents
                  should be displayed.

          -start# This option indicates the start of the range of the
                  characters to display (# is a number).

          -end#   This option indicates the end of the range of the
                  characters to display (# is a number).

          -unit#  This option specifies the scanline unit of the font
                  (1, 2, 4 or 8).  (# is a number).

          -pad#

          -unit#  This option specifies the scanpad unit of the font
                  (1, 2, 4 or 8).  (# is a number).

          -bitmap_pad#
                  This option specifies the bitmap padding unit of the


                  font (0, 1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is
                  ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMaxWidth).

     SEE ALSO
          fs(1), showfont(1), xlsfonts(1)

     ENVIRONMENT
          FONTSERVER
                  to get the default host and port to use.

     COPYRIGHT
          Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc
          See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

     AUTHOR
          Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc


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