xlsfonts(1X)                                         xlsfonts(1X)



NAME
     xlsfonts - displays server fonts

SYNOPSIS
     xlsfonts [-display host:display] [-l[l[l]]] [-m] [-C]
     [-1] [-w width] [-n columns] [-u] [pattern]

DESCRIPTION
     xlsfonts lists the fonts that match pattern.  The pattern
     can be an asterisk (*) to match any sequence of characters
     (including none), and or a question mark (?) to match any
     single character.  If you do not specify a pattern, xlsfonts
     assumes that the pattern is an asterisk.

     The * and ? characters must be enclosed within quotation
     marks to prevent them from being expanded by the shell.

   Options
     The xlsfonts command accepts these options:

     -1      Indicates that listings should use a single column.
             This is the same as -n 1.

     -C      Indicates that listings should use multiple columns.
             This is the same as -n 0.

     -display host:display
             Specifies the X server to connect to. See X(1X) for
             details.

     -l[l[l]]
             Generates a medium (-l), a long (-ll), or a very
             long (-lll) listing for each font.

     -m      Prints the minimum and maximum bounds of each font
             for long listings.

     -n columns
             Specifies the number of columns to use in displaying
             the output. By default, xlsfonts attempts to fit as
             many columns of font names into the number of char-
             acters specified by -w width.

     -u      Causes xlsfonts not to sort the font names before
             displaying them.

     -w width
             Specifies the width in characters that to use in
             figuring out how many columns to print.  The default
             width is 79 characters.





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xlsfonts(1X)                                         xlsfonts(1X)



   Environment variables
     The xlsfonts command uses this environment variable:

     DISPLAY Specifies the default host, display number, and
             screen.

LIMITATIONS
     The command

        xlsfonts -l


     can tie up your server for a very long time.  This is really
     a problem in single-threaded non-preemptible servers and is
     not a bug in xlsfonts.

NOTES
     Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

     Authors: Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena; Jim Fulton,
     MIT X Consortium; and Phil Karlton, SGI

SEE ALSO
     X(1X), xfd(1X), XmacII(1X), xset(1X)






























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