FC-LIST
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Updated: Aug 13, 2008
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NAME
fc-list - list available fonts
SYNOPSIS
fc-list [ -vVh ] [ --verbose ] [ [ -f format ] [ --format format ] ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
[ pattern [ element... ] ]
DESCRIPTION
fc-list lists fonts and styles
available on the system for applications using fontconfig.
If any elements are specified, only those are printed.
Otherwise 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.
- -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
-
If this argument is set, only fonts matching
pattern are displayed.
- element
-
If set, the element property
is displayed for matching fonts.
EXAMPLES
- fc-list
-
Lists all font faces.
- fc-list :lang=hi
-
Lists font faces that cover Hindi.
- fc-list : family style file spacing
-
Lists the filename and spacing value for each font
face. ``:'' is an empty pattern that matches all
fonts.
SEE ALSO
fc-match(1)
FcFontList(3)
FcPatternFormat(3)
fc-cat(1)
fc-cache(1)
fc-query(1)
fc-scan(1)
The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format:
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Keith Packard
<keithp@keithp.com> and Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.