.TH SHOWFONT 1 "showfont 1.0.6" "X Version 11"
.SH NAME
showfont \- font dumper for X font server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B showfont
[
.I \-options
\&.\|.\|. ]
.B \-fn
.I pattern
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Showfont
displays data about a font that matches the given \fIpattern\fP.
The information shown includes font information, font properties,
character metrics, and character bitmaps.
.PP
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.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 8
.B \-server \fIservername\fP
The X font server to contact.
.I servername
must be specified in one of the formats defined in the
.I Font Server Names
section of X(7).   If not specified, the server name in the
.B FONTSERVER
environment variable is used.
.TP 8
.BI \-fn " name"
The font to display.
.TP 8
.B \-lsb
The bit order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst
(least significant bit first).
.TP 8
.B \-msb
The bit order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst
(most significant bit first).
.TP 8
.B \-LSB
The byte order of the font should be requested as LSBFirst
(least significant byte first).
.TP 8
.B \-MSB
The byte order of the font should be requested as MSBFirst
(most significant byte first).
.TP 8
.B \-ext\fR[\fPents_only\fR]\fP
Only the character extents should be displayed, but not the bitmaps.
.TP 8
.BI \-start " char"
The start of the range of the characters to display
(\fIchar\fP is a number).
.TP 8
.BI \-end " char"
The end of the range of the characters to display
(\fIchar\fP is a number).
.TP 8
.BI \-unit " n"
The scanline unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).
.TP 8
.BI \-pad " n"
The scanpad unit of the font (8, 16, 32, or 64).
.TP 8
.BI \-b\fR[\fPitmap_pad\fR]\fP " n"
The bitmap padding unit of the font (0, 1, or 2,
where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is ImageRectMax).
.TP 8
.B \-noprops
Do not show the font properties.
.TP 8
.B \-version
Print the program version and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
xfs(1), fslsfonts(1),
fstobdf(1), xlsfonts(1), X(7).
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP 8
.B FONTSERVER
the default X font server to contact.  The server name must
be specified in one of the formats defined in the
.I Font Server Names
section of X(7).
.SH AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc.