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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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