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1.1 root 1: .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
2: .TH PRINTFONT 1 "DWB 3.2"
3: .SH NAME
4: .B printfont
5: \- font listing program for PostScript printers
6: .SH SYNOPSIS
7: \*(mBprintfont\f1
8: .OP "" options []
9: .OP "" files []
10: .SH DESCRIPTION
11: .B printfont
12: builds a PostScript program that prints character set tables for
13: one or more PostScript fonts.
14: The program is written on the standard output,
15: and when sent to a PostScript printer usually prints a 16\(mu16 table
16: that shows the available (encoded) characters in each font.
17: The following
18: .I options
19: are understood:
20: .TP 1.0i
21: .OP \-a num
22: Set the character cell axes mode to
23: .IR num .
24: 0 disables axes printing, 1 draws a baseline,
25: 2 adds a vertical line through the character origin,
26: and 3 adds a vertical line through the next character origin.
27: The default is 0.
28: .TP 1.0i
29: .OP \-b num
30: Print each table in base
31: .IR num .
32: The base determines the number of rows and columns in the table.
33: It also affects the character code placed in the lower left corner of each cell.
34: The default is 16 (hexadecimal).
35: .TP 1.0i
36: .OP \-c num
37: Print
38: .I num
39: copies of each page.
40: By default only one copy is printed.
41: .TP 1.0i
42: .OP \-f name
43: Use font
44: .I name
45: for labeling the tables.
46: The default font is Helvetica.
47: .TP 1.0i
48: .OP \-g num
49: Use
50: .I num
51: as the gray level for marking cells not currently assigned to characters.
52: The gray level should fall between 0 (black) and 1 (white).
53: The default is 0.85.
54: .TP 1.0i
55: .OP \-m num
56: Magnify each logical page by the factor
57: .IR num .
58: Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
59: which is located near the upper left corner of each page.
60: The default is 1.0.
61: .TP 1.0i
62: .OP \-p mode
63: Print
64: .I files
65: in either \*(mBportrait\fP or \*(mBlandscape\fP
66: .IR mode .
67: Only the first character of
68: .I mode
69: is significant.
70: The default
71: .I mode
72: is \*(mBportrait\fP.
73: .TP 1.0i
74: .OP \-v
75: Completely label each character cell.
76: The full character name goes in the upper left corner and the
77: character width (at point size 1) goes in the lower right corner.
78: .TP 1.0i
79: .OP \-w num
80: Set the line width to
81: .I num
82: points, where a point is approximately 1/72 of an inch.
83: A line width of 0 means 1 pixel.
84: The default line width is resolution dependent.
85: .TP 1.0i
86: .OP \-x num
87: Translate the origin
88: .I num
89: inches along the x axis.
90: Positive
91: .I num
92: shifts the table to the right.
93: The default offset is 0.
94: .TP 1.0i
95: .OP \-y num
96: Translate the origin
97: .I num
98: inches along the y axis.
99: Positive
100: .I num
101: shifts the table up the page.
102: The default offset is 0.
103: .TP 1.0i
104: .OP \-C file
105: Copy
106: .I file
107: to the output file;
108: .B file
109: must contain legitimate PostScript.
110: .TP 1.0i
111: .OP \-E name
112: Set the character encoding for text fonts to
113: .IR name .
114: Requesting
115: .I name
116: means include file
117: .MI \*(dQ/ name .enc \f1.
118: A nonexistent encoding file is silently ignored.
119: The default selects file
120: .MR \*(dQ/Default.enc .
121: .TP 1.0i
122: .OP \-L file
123: Use
124: .I file
125: as the PostScript prologue.
126: .br
127: The default is
128: .MR \*(dQ/printfont.ps .
129: .PP
130: Arguments should be PostScript
131: .I font
132: names or the word
133: .MR all ,
134: which means the full set of
135: .SM ROM
136: and disk based fonts available on a printer.
137: .B printfont
138: prints one font table per page.
139: Each page is labeled with the
140: .I font
141: name, the printer product name and interpreter version number,
142: and the gray level, linewidth, and printer resolution.
143: .PP
144: Black cells are used to mark characters listed in the font's
145: .MW Encoding
146: array but missing from its
147: .MW CharStrings
148: dictionary.
149: They usually indicate an incomplete font or a mistake in the
150: .MW Encoding
151: array.
152: The check is skipped if the font doesn't include a
153: .MW CharStrings
154: dictionary.
155: .br
156: .ne 4v
157: .SH EXAMPLES
158: Print the characters available in the Times-Roman, Symbol and
159: ZapfDingbats fonts:
160: .EX
161: printfont Times-Roman Symbol ZapfDingbats | lp ...
162: .EE
163: Print a baseline under each character and fully label the cells:
164: .EX
165: printfont -a1 -v Times-Roman Symbol ZapfDingbats | lp ...
166: .EE
167: Dump all the fonts available on a printer using the Latin1 character encoding:
168: .EX
169: printfont -ELatin1 all | lp ...
170: .EE
171: .SH WARNINGS
172: Printing a single table can take several minutes.
173: Dumping all available fonts can tie a printer up for an hour or more.
174: .SH FILES
175: .MW \*(dQ/printfont.ps
176: .br
177: .MW \*(dQ/*.enc
178: .SH SEE ALSO
179: buildtables(1),
180: dpost(1),
181: postio(1),
182: psencoding(1),
183: trofftable(1)
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