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showfont - font dumper for X font server 
showfont [ -options
... ] -fn pattern 
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. 
- -server host:port
- The X font server to contact. 
- -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. 
xfs(1)
,
fslsfonts(1)
, xlsfonts(1)
- FONTSERVER 
- the default X font server
to contact. 
Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
See X(1)
 for a full statement of rights and permissions. 
Dave Lemke,
Network Computing Devices, Inc. 
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