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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 "31 May 2012" "v2.2.5"

.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)

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