XLSFONTS(1)

🌸 XLSFONTS(1) 🌸 — list fonts available to X server

okay bestie, welcome to xlsfonts(1) from X Version 11 💅 this is the little icon that lists fonts available to an X server, and it is genuinely so useful.

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✨ NAME ✨

xlsfonts — list fonts available to X server 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

xlsfonts [-display host:dpy] [-l] [-ll] [-lll] [-m] [-C] [-1]
    [-w width] [-n columns] [-u] [-o] [-fn pattern] [-v]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

xlsfonts lists the fonts available on an X server that match the given pattern. The wildcard character * may be used to match any sequence of characters (including none), and ? to match any single character. If no pattern is given, * is assumed, no cap.

The * and ? characters must be quoted to prevent them from being expanded by the shell. fr fr, protect them from your shell before they ever reach xlsfonts 🫶

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -display host:dpy — specifies the X server to contact. main character server energy ✨
• -d host:dpy — same as -display host:dpy. cute little shortcut 🎀
• -l — lists some attributes of the font on one line in addition to its name. the classic “give me a little more tea” mode ☕
• -ll — lists font properties in addition to -l output. yes, more info, more slay 💖
• -lll — lists character metrics in addition to -ll output. we are fully locked in now 🔥
• -m — indicates that long listings should also print the minimum and maximum bounds of each font. bounds bestie, bounds 💀
• -C — indicates that listings should use multiple columns. this is the same as -n 0 🦋
• -1 — indicates that listings should use a single column. this is the same as -n 1 🌸
• -w width — specifies the width in characters that should be used in figuring out how many columns to print. the default is 79 👑
• -n columns — specifies the number of columns to use in displaying the output. by default, it will attempt to fit as many columns of font names as possible into the number of characters specified by -w width 🌈
• -u — indicates that the output should be left unsorted. chaotic and free, we respect it 🙈
• -o — indicates that xlsfonts should do an OpenFont (and QueryFont, if appropriate) rather than a ListFonts. this is useful if ListFonts or ListFontsWithInfo fail to list a known font (as is the case with some scaled font systems) 🧚
• -fn pattern — specifies the font name pattern to match. pattern-matching era 💜
• -v — indicates that xlsfonts should print out the program version and exit. quick lil version check and then bye 👋

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• X(7)
• Xserver(1)
• xset(1)
• xfd(1)
• xfontsel(1)
• X Logical Font Description Conventions

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🌍 ENVIRONMENT 🌍

• DISPLAY — the default host and display to use if neither -d or -display are specified. the fallback bestie 💫

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💀 BUGS 💀

Doing xlsfonts -l can tie up your X server for a very long time. This is really a bug with single-threaded non-preemptable servers, not with this program. periodt 💅 not our fave, but the facts are the facts 😭

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

• Mark Lillibridge
• Jim Fulton
• Phil Karlton
• Roland Mainz

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that’s the whole page, bestie: xlsfonts 1.0.9, dated 2022-09-10. byeee 💖