XFD(1)

NAME
xfd - X window system font displayer

SYNOPSIS
xfd [ =geometry ] [ host:number ] [ options ] fontname

DESCRIPTION
Xfd creates a window which displays all characters in the named font. The characters are displayed in increasing ASCII order, 8 to a line, from the first to the last character defined in the font.

The font name is interpreted by the X server. On a VAX, if the name does not begin with ``/'', the X server adds the suffix ``.onx'' to it and looks up the font file in the directory /usr/new/lib/X/font/. If the name does begin with ``/'', the X server treats it as an absolute pathname of a file containing a font.

If no font name is given on the command line, xfd displays the font ``vtsingle''.

The window stays around until the xfd process is killed or a mouse button is pressed on the window.

OPTIONS

host:display
    Normally, xfd gets the host and display number to use from the environment variable ``DISPLAY''. One can, however specify them explicitly. The host specifies which machine to create the window on, and the display argument specifies the display number. For example, ``orpheus:1'' creates a shell window on display one on the machine orpheus.

-bw borderwidth
    Allows you to specify the width of the window border in pixels.

-rv The screen will be displayed with black characters on a white background, rather than the default white on black.

-fg color
    On color displays, determines the color of the text.

-bg color
    On color displays, determines the color of the background.

-bd color
    On color displays, determines the color of the border.

=geometry
    Xfd will also take a standard geometry specification (see X(1)).

X DEFAULTS
Xfd uses a number of standard default values.

BorderWidth
    Set the border width of the window.

BorderColor
    Set the border color of the window.

ReverseVideo
    If ``on'', reverse the definition of foreground and background color.

Foreground
    Set the text color.

Background
    Set the background color.

FILES
/usr/new/lib/X/font/*.onx

SEE ALSO
X(1), X(8C), xterm(1)

ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY    -    To find out which X you are using.

BUGS
It should display the name of the font somewhere.

AUTHORS
Ron Newman, MIT Project Athena, Jim Gettys, DEC, MIT Project Athena
Copyright (c) 1984, 1985 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
See X(1) for a complete copyright notice.