Displays the font list for X-Windows.
xlsfonts [ -display Host:Display ] [ -l [ l [ l ] ] ] [ -m ] [ -C ] [ -1 ] [ -w Width ] [ -n Columns ] [ -u ] [ -o ] [ -fn Pattern ]
The xlsfonts command lists the fonts that match a specified Pattern parameter. Use the wildcard character "*" (asterisk) to match any sequence of characters (including none), and the "?" (question mark) to match any single character. If no pattern is given, "*" is assumed.
Note: The "*" and "?" characters must be placed within quotation marks to prevent them from being expanded by the shell.
You can use flags to specify servers, number and width of columns to print, size of font listings, whether the output should be sorted, and whether to use OpenFont instead of ListFonts.
Note: Using the -l (lowercase L) flag of the xlsfonts command can tie up your server for a long time. This is typical of single-threaded non-preemptable servers, and not a program error.
Item | Description |
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-1 | Indicates that listings should use a single column. This flag is the same as the -n 1 flag. |
-C | Indicates that listings should use multiple columns. This flag is the same as the -n 0 flag. |
-display Host:Display | Identifies the X Server to contact by specifying the host name and display number. |
-fn Pattern | Specifies the fontname Pattern that xlsfonts will list. |
-l [ l [ l ] ] | (lowercase L) Indicates that medium, long, and very long listings, respectively, should be generated for each font. |
-m | Indicates that long listings should also print the minimum and maximum bounds of each font. |
-n Columns | Specifies the number of columns to use to display the output. By default, the xlsfonts command tries to fit as many columns of font names into the number of characters specified by the -w Width flag. |
-o | Instructs the xlsfonts command to perform OpenFont (and QueryFont, if appropriate) instead of ListFonts. The -o flag is useful if the ListFonts or ListFontsWithInfo fails to list a known font, as is the case with some scaled font systems. |
-u | Indicates that the output should remain unsorted. |
-w Width | Specifies the width in characters that should be used to determine how many columns to print. The default is 79. |
Item | Description |
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DISPLAY | Gets the default host and display to use. |
xlsfonts -l
xlsfonts -n 3
xlsfonts -ll "*"iso8859"*"
xlsfonts rom1"?"
This obtains a listing
similar to: rom10 rom11 rom14 rom16 rom17