showsnf 1 "20 March 1992"

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showsnf 1 "20 March 1992"

NAME

showsnf - display contents of an SNF file

SYNOPSIS

showsnf [-v] [-g] [-m] [-M] [-l] [-L] [-p#] [-u#]

DESCRIPTION

The showsnf utility displays the contents of font files in the Server Natural Format produced by bsdtosnf. It is usually only to verify that a font file hasn't been corrupted or to convert the individual glyphs into arrays of characters for proofreading or for conversion to some other format.

OPTIONS

-v
This option indicates that character bearings and sizes should be printed.
-g
This option indicates that character glyph bitmaps should be printed.
-m
This option indicates that the bit order of the font is MSBFirst (most significant bit first).
-l
This option indicates that the bit order of the font is LSBFirst (least significant bit first).
-M
This option indicates that the byte order of the font is MSBFirst (most significant byte first).
-L
This option indicates that the byte order of the font is LSBFirst (least significant byte first).
-p#
This option specifies the glyph padding of the font (# is a number).
-u#
This option specifies the scanline unit of the font (# is a number).

SEE ALSO

bdftosnf(1)

BUGS

There is no way to just print out a single glyph.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

See X11(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.