FSTOBDF
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: fstobdf 1.0.3
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NAME
fstobdf - generate BDF font from X font server
SYNOPSIS
fstobdf
[
-server
servername
]
-fn
fontname
DESCRIPTION
The fstobdf program reads a font from a font server and prints a BDF
file on the standard output that may be used to recreate the font.
This is useful in testing servers, debugging font metrics, and reproducing
lost BDF files.
OPTIONS
- -server servername
-
This option specifies the server from which the font should be read.
servername
must be specified in one of the formats defined in the
Font Server Names
section of X(7). If not specified, the server name in the
FONTSERVER
environment variable is used.
- -fn fontname
-
This option specifies the font for which a BDF file should be generated.
ENVIRONMENT
- FONTSERVER
-
The default server to use. The server name must
be specified in one of the formats defined in the
Font Server Names
section of X(7).
SEE ALSO
xfs(1), bdftopcf(1), showfont(1),
fslsfonts(1), X(7).
AUTHOR
Olaf Brandt, Network Computing Devices
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices
Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- ENVIRONMENT
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