fc-match(1) fc-match(1)
NAME
fc-match - match available fonts
SYNOPSIS
fc-match [ -asvVh ] [ --all ] [ --sort ] [ --verbose ] [ [ -f
format ] [ --format format ] ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
[ pattern [ element... ] ]
DESCRIPTION
fc-match matches pattern (empty pattern by default) using the normal
fontconfig matching rules to find the best font available. If --sort is
given, the sorted list of best matching fonts is displayed. The --all
option works like --sort except that no pruning is done on the list of
fonts.
If any elements are specified, only those are printed. Otherwise short
file name, family, and style are printed, unless verbose output is
requested.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below.
-a Displays sorted list of best matching fonts, but do not do any
pruning on the list.
-s Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.
-v Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match,
or elements if any is provided.
-f Format output according to the format specifier format.
-V Show version of the program and exit.
-h Show summary of options.
pattern
Displays fonts matching pattern (uses empty pattern by default).
element
If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts.
EXAMPLES
fc-match sans
Display the best matching font categorized into sans-serif
generic family, filtered by current locale
fc-match sans:lang=en
Display the best matching font categorized into sans-serif
generic family, filtered by English language
fc-match sans:lang=en:weight=bold
Display the best matching font categorized into sans-serif
generic family, filtered by English language and weight is bold.
SEE ALSO
fc-list(1) FcFontMatch(3) FcFontSort(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1)
fc-cache(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)
The fontconfig user's guide
<URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-
user.html>
AUTHOR
This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam <plam@csail.mit.edu>.
August 13, 2008 fc-match(1)
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