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diff --git a/app/showfont/man/showfont.man b/app/showfont/man/showfont.man new file mode 100644 index 000000000..47d077ccc --- /dev/null +++ b/app/showfont/man/showfont.man @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.TH SHOWFONT __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ +.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(__miscmansuffix__). 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. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +xfs(__appmansuffix__), fslsfonts(__appmansuffix__), +fstobdf(__appmansuffix__), xlsfonts(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__). +.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(__miscmansuffix__). +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright 1991, Network Computing Devices, Inc. +.br +See \fIX\fP(__miscmansuffix__) for a full statement of rights and permissions. +.SH AUTHOR +Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc. |