The showfont(1) utility displays data about the font that
matches the given pattern. The wildcard character "*" can be
used to match any sequence of characters (including none), and "?"
to match any single character. If no pattern is given, "*" is
assumed.
The "*" and "?" characters must be quoted to prevent them from
being expanded by the shell.
The showfont(1) utility uses the following options:
-serverhost:port
This option specifies the X font server to contact.
-l
This option indicates that the bit order of the font is
LSBFirst (least significant bit first).
-m
This option indicates that the bit order of the font is
MSBFirst (most significant bit first).
-L
This option indicates that the byte order of the font is
LSBFirst (least significant byte first).
-M
This option indicates that the byte order of the font is
MSBFirst (most significant byte first).
-extents_only
This option indicates that only the font's extents should be
displayed.
-start#
This option indicates the start of the range of the characters
to display (# is a number).
-end#
This option indicates the end of the range of the characters to
display, (# is a number).
-unit#
This option specifies the scan-line unit of the font (1, 2, 4,
or 8). (# is a number).
-pad#
-unit#
This option specifies the scan-pad unit of the font (1, 2, 4,
or 8). (# is a number).
-bitmap_pad#
This option specifies the bitmap padding unit of the font (0,
1, or 2, where 0 is ImageRectMin, 1 is ImageRectMaxWidth and 2 is
ImageRectMaxWidth).