xlsfonts(1) User Commands xlsfonts(1)

NAME

xlsfonts - list fonts available to X server

SYNOPSIS

xlsfonts [-display host:dpy] [-l] [-ll] [-lll] [-m] [-C] [-1] [-w
width] [-n columns] [-u] [-o] [-fn pattern] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

xlsfonts lists the fonts available on an X server 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.

-v This option indicates that xlsfonts should print out the
program version and exit.

SEE ALSO

X(7), Xserver(1), xset(1), xfd(1), X Logical Font Description
Conventions

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY
DISPLAY must be set to get the default host and display to
use.

BUGS

Doing ``xlsfonts -l'' can tie up your X server for a very long time.
This is really a bug with single-threaded non-preemptable servers,
not with this program.

AUTHOR

Mark Lillibridge

Jim Fulton

Phil Karlton

Roland Mainz


X Version 11 xlsfonts 1.0.8 xlsfonts(1)