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showfont(1X)							  showfont(1X)

NAME
       showfont - font dumper for X font server

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

OPTIONS
       The  X  font server to contact.	The font to display.  The bit order of
       the font should be requested as LSBFirst (least significant bit first).
       The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst (most signif‐
       icant bit first).  The byte order of the font should  be	 requested  as
       LSBFirst	 (least	 significant  byte first).  The byte order of the font
       should be requested as MSBFirst (most significant  byte	first).	  Only
       the  character  extents	should be displayed, but not the bitmaps.  The
       start of the range of the characters to display	(char  is  a  number).
       The  end	 of the range of the characters to display (char is a number).
       The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).  The scanpad unit  of
       the  font  (8, 16, 32, or 64).  The bitmap padding unit of the font (0,
       1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin,  1  is	 ImageRectMaxWidth  and	 2  is
       ImageRectMax).  Do not show the font properties.

DESCRIPTION
       The  showfont command displays data about a font that matches the given
       pattern. The information shown includes font information, font  proper‐
       ties, character metrics, and character bitmaps.

       The wildcard character "*" can be used to match any sequence of charac‐
       ters (including none) in the font name, and "?" can be  used  to	 match
       any single character. The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to pre‐
       vent them from being expanded by the shell. If no pattern is given, "*"
       is assumed.

ENVIRONMENT
       the default X font server to contact.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

       See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

SEE ALSO
       xfs(1X), fslsfonts(1X), xlsfonts(1X)

AUTHOR
       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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