FC-QUERY(1)                                                                                                                            FC-QUERY(1)

NAME

       fc-query - query font files

SYNOPSIS

       fc-query [ -Vh ]
           [ -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.

       -i --index index
              Only query face indexed index of each file.

       -f --format format
              Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V --version
              Show version of the program and exit.

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

AUTHOR

       This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.

                                                                   16 April 2012                                                       FC-QUERY(1)