xlsfonts
server font list displayer for X
see also :
X - xset - xfd
Synopsis
xlsfonts
[-display host:dpy] [-l]
[-ll] [-lll] [-m]
[-C] [-1] [-w width]
[-n columns] [-u]
[-o] [-fn pattern]
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description
xlsfonts lists
the fonts that match the given pattern. The wildcard
character "*" may 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.
options
-display
host:dpy
This option specifies the X
server to contact.
-d
host:dpy
Same as -display
host:dpy.
-l
Lists some attributes of the font on one line in
addition to its name.
-ll
Lists font properties in addition to -l
output.
-lll
Lists character metrics in addition to -ll
output.
-m
This option indicates that long listings should also
print the minimum and maximum bounds of each font.
-C
This option indicates that listings should use multiple
columns. This is the same as -n 0.
-1
This option indicates that listings should use a single
column. This is the same as -n 1.
-w
width
This option specifies the width
in characters that should be used in figuring out how many
columns to print. The default is 79.
-n
columns
This option specifies the
number of columns to use in displaying the output. By
default, it will attempt to fit as many columns of font
names into the number of character specified by
-w width.
-u
This option indicates that the output should be left
unsorted.
-o
This option indicates that xlsfonts should do an
OpenFont (and QueryFont, if appropriate) rather than a
ListFonts. This is useful if ListFonts or ListFontsWithInfo
fail to list a known font (as is the case with some scaled
font systems).
-fn
pattern
This option specifies the font
name pattern to match.
environment
DISPLAY
DISPLAY must be set to get the default host and display to
use.
bugs
Doing
’’xlsfonts -l’’ can tie up your
server for a very long time. This is really a bug with
single-threaded non-preemptable servers, not with this
program.
see also
X ,
Xserver, xset , xfd , X Logical
Font Description Conventions
author
Mark
Lillibridge
Jim Fulton
Phil
Karlton
Roland
Mainz