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                      5: .\"    @(#)vfontinfo.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH VFONTINFO 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: vfontinfo \- inspect and print out information about UNIX fonts
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .br
                     13: .B vfontinfo
                     14: [
                     15: .B \-v
                     16: ]
                     17: fontname
                     18: [
                     19: characters
                     20: ]
                     21: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     22: .I Vfontinfo
                     23: allows you to examine a font in the UNIX format.
                     24: It prints out
                     25: all the information in the font header and information about every
                     26: non-null (width > 0) glyph.
                     27: This can be used to make sure the font
                     28: is consistent with the format.
                     29: .PP
                     30: The
                     31: .I fontname
                     32: argument is the name of the font you wish to inspect.
                     33: It writes to standard output.
                     34: If it can't find the file in your working directory, it looks in
                     35: .I /usr/lib/vfont
                     36: (the place most of the fonts are kept).
                     37: .PP
                     38: The
                     39: .IR characters ,
                     40: if given, specify certain characters to show.
                     41: If omitted, the entire font is shown.
                     42: .PP
                     43: If the
                     44: .B \-v
                     45: (verbose)
                     46: flag is used,
                     47: the bits of the glyph itself are shown
                     48: as an array of X's and spaces,
                     49: in addition to the header information.
                     50: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     51: vpr(1), vfont(5)
                     52: .br
                     53: The Berkeley Font Catalog
                     54: .SH AUTHORS
                     55: Mark Horton
                     56: .br
                     57: Andy Hertzfeld

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