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User Commands                                          FSTOBDF(1)



NAME
     fstobdf - generate BDF font from X font server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/fstobdf [ -server servername ] -fn fontname

DESCRIPTION
     The fstobdf program reads a font  from  a  font  server  and
     prints a BDF file on the standard output that may be used to
     recreate the font.   This  is  useful  in  testing  servers,
     debugging font metrics, and reproducing lost BDF files.

OPTIONS
     -server servername
             This option specifies the server from which the font
             should be read.  servername must be specified in one
             of the formats defined in the Font Server Names sec-
             tion of X(5).   If not specified, the server name in
             the FONTSERVER environment variable is used.

     -fn fontname
             This option specifies the font for which a BDF  file
             should be generated.

ENVIRONMENT
     FONTSERVER
             The default server to use.  The server name must  be
             specified  in one of the formats defined in the Font
             Server Names section of X(5).

SEE ALSO
     xfs(1), bdftopcf(1), showfont(1), fslsfonts(1), X(5).

AUTHOR
     Olaf Brandt, Network Computing Devices
     Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices

     Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/xfs/xfs-utilities       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|




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