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, in HTML format:
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR

This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam <plam@csail.mit.edu>.

August 13, 2008 FC-MATCH(1)