chkfont (6)

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chkfont
By Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu>

This program checks figlet 2.0/2.1 font files for format errors.
It also looks for signs of common problems and gives warnings.
chkfont does not modify font files.

Usage: chkfont fontfile ...

Note: This is very much a spare-time project. It's probably
full o' bugs.

Manual page by Jonathon Abbott, for the Debian Project
slightly modified by Francesco Tapparo, for the Debian Project

(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man6/chkfont.6".)

NAME

chkfont - checks figlet 2.0 and up font files for format errors

SYNOPSIS

chkfont [ fontfile ]

DESCRIPTION

This program checks figlet 2.0 and up font files for format errors. It also looks for signs of common problems and gives warnings. chkfont does not modify font files.

EXAMPLES

To use chkfont on the "big" font

example% chkfont /usr/share/figlet/big.flf

BUGS

Doesn't work on compressed font files.

AUTHORS

chkfont was written by Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu>
This manual page was written by Jonathon Abbott for the Debian Project.

SEE ALSO

figlet(6), showfigfonts(6), figlist(6)