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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/printfont.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/printfont.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0e1bfcba --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/printfont.1 @@ -0,0 +1,183 @@ +.ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript +.TH PRINTFONT 1 "DWB 3.2" +.SH NAME +.B printfont +\- font listing program for PostScript printers +.SH SYNOPSIS +\*(mBprintfont\f1 +.OP "" options [] +.OP "" files [] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B printfont +builds a PostScript program that prints character set tables for +one or more PostScript fonts. +The program is written on the standard output, +and when sent to a PostScript printer usually prints a 16\(mu16 table +that shows the available (encoded) characters in each font. +The following +.I options +are understood: +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-a num +Set the character cell axes mode to +.IR num . +0 disables axes printing, 1 draws a baseline, +2 adds a vertical line through the character origin, +and 3 adds a vertical line through the next character origin. +The default is 0. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-b num +Print each table in base +.IR num . +The base determines the number of rows and columns in the table. +It also affects the character code placed in the lower left corner of each cell. +The default is 16 (hexadecimal). +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-c num +Print +.I num +copies of each page. +By default only one copy is printed. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-f name +Use font +.I name +for labeling the tables. +The default font is Helvetica. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-g num +Use +.I num +as the gray level for marking cells not currently assigned to characters. +The gray level should fall between 0 (black) and 1 (white). +The default is 0.85. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-m num +Magnify each logical page by the factor +.IR num . +Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin, +which is located near the upper left corner of each page. +The default is 1.0. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-p mode +Print +.I files +in either \*(mBportrait\fP or \*(mBlandscape\fP +.IR mode . +Only the first character of +.I mode +is significant. +The default +.I mode +is \*(mBportrait\fP. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-v +Completely label each character cell. +The full character name goes in the upper left corner and the +character width (at point size 1) goes in the lower right corner. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-w num +Set the line width to +.I num +points, where a point is approximately 1/72 of an inch. +A line width of 0 means 1 pixel. +The default line width is resolution dependent. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-x num +Translate the origin +.I num +inches along the x axis. +Positive +.I num +shifts the table to the right. +The default offset is 0. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-y num +Translate the origin +.I num +inches along the y axis. +Positive +.I num +shifts the table up the page. +The default offset is 0. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-C file +Copy +.I file +to the output file; +.B file +must contain legitimate PostScript. +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-E name +Set the character encoding for text fonts to +.IR name . +Requesting +.I name +means include file +.MI \*(dQ/ name .enc \f1. +A nonexistent encoding file is silently ignored. +The default selects file +.MR \*(dQ/Default.enc . +.TP 1.0i +.OP \-L file +Use +.I file +as the PostScript prologue. +.br +The default is +.MR \*(dQ/printfont.ps . +.PP +Arguments should be PostScript +.I font +names or the word +.MR all , +which means the full set of +.SM ROM +and disk based fonts available on a printer. +.B printfont +prints one font table per page. +Each page is labeled with the +.I font +name, the printer product name and interpreter version number, +and the gray level, linewidth, and printer resolution. +.PP +Black cells are used to mark characters listed in the font's +.MW Encoding +array but missing from its +.MW CharStrings +dictionary. +They usually indicate an incomplete font or a mistake in the +.MW Encoding +array. +The check is skipped if the font doesn't include a +.MW CharStrings +dictionary. +.br +.ne 4v +.SH EXAMPLES +Print the characters available in the Times-Roman, Symbol and +ZapfDingbats fonts: +.EX +printfont Times-Roman Symbol ZapfDingbats | lp ... +.EE +Print a baseline under each character and fully label the cells: +.EX +printfont -a1 -v Times-Roman Symbol ZapfDingbats | lp ... +.EE +Dump all the fonts available on a printer using the Latin1 character encoding: +.EX +printfont -ELatin1 all | lp ... +.EE +.SH WARNINGS +Printing a single table can take several minutes. +Dumping all available fonts can tie a printer up for an hour or more. +.SH FILES +.MW \*(dQ/printfont.ps +.br +.MW \*(dQ/*.enc +.SH SEE ALSO +buildtables(1), +dpost(1), +postio(1), +psencoding(1), +trofftable(1) |