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.

SEE ALSO

       xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), fstobdf(1), xlsfonts(1), X(7).

ENVIRONMENT

       FONTSERVER
               the default X font server to contact.  The server name must be specified in one of
               the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(7).

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
       See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR

       Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.