figlet/showfigfonts.6
Claudio Matsuoka c4a2f0db58 Updated version number and release date
Updated to version 2.2.3, release date 12 January 2011, and also add self
to author list with current year in Copyright notice.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Matsuoka <cmatsuoka@gmail.com>
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.\" showfigfonts by Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu>
.\" figlet release 2.1.1 -- 25 Aug 1994
.\" Based on showfigfonts by Greg Galperin <grg@ai.mit.edu>, Nov 1993.
.\"
.\" Prints a list of available figlet fonts, along with a sample of each
.\" font. If directory is given, lists fonts in that directory; otherwise
.\" uses the default font directory. If word is given, prints that word
.\" in each font; otherwise prints the font name.
.\"
.\" Usage: showfigfonts [ -d directory ] [ word ]
.\"
.\" Manual page by Jonathon Abbott, for the Debian Project
.\" slightly modified by Francesco Tapparo, for the Debian Project
.TH SHOWFIGFONTS 6 "12 January 2011" "v2.2.3"
.SH NAME
showfigfonts \- prints a list of available figlet fonts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B showfigfonts
[
.B \-d
.I directory
]
[
.I word
]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Prints a list of available figlet fonts, along with a sample of each
font. If directory is given, lists fonts in that directory; otherwise
uses the default font directory. If word is given, prints that word
in each font; otherwise prints the font name.
.SH EXAMPLES
To use
.B showfigfonts
with its default settings, simply type
.RS
.B example% showfigfonts
.RE
To print all the fonts in /usr/share/fonts/figlet
.RS
.B example% showfigfonts -d /usr/share/fonts/figlet
.RE
To print the word foo using all available fonts
.RS
.B example% showfigfonts foo
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
showfigfonts was written by Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu>
This manual page was written by Jonathon Abbott for the Debian Project.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR figlet (6),
.BR chkfont (6),
.BR figlist (6)