fc-query(1) fc-query(1)
NAME
fc-query - query font files
SYNOPSIS
fc-query [ -Vh ]
[ [ -b ] [ --ignore-blanks ] ] [ [ -i index ] [ --index index ]
] [ [ -f format ] [ --format format ] ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
font-file...
DESCRIPTION
fc-query queries font-file(s) using the normal fontconfig rules and
prints out font pattern for each face found. If --index is given, only
one face of each file is queried, otherwise all faces are queried.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below.
-b Ignore blanks to compute languages
-i Only query face indexed index of each file.
-f Format output according to the format specifier format.
-V Show version of the program and exit.
-h Show summary of options.
font-file
Query font-file for font faces.
RETURN CODES
fc-query returns error code 0 for successful parsing, or 1 if any
errors occurred or if at least one font face could not be opened.
SEE ALSO
fc-scan(1) FcFreeTypeQuery(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1)
fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-pattern(1)
The fontconfig user's guide
<URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-
user.html>
AUTHOR
This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.
August 13, 2008 fc-query(1)
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