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fc-list

FC-LIST(1)																FC-LIST(1)

NAME

       fc-list - list available fonts

SYNOPSIS

       fc-list [ -vVh ]  [ --verbose ]	[  [ -f format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [  [ -q ]  [ --quiet ]  ]  [ --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.

       -q     Suppress all normal output. returns 1 as the error code if no fonts matched.

       -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-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 written by Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> and Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.

								   Aug 13, 2008 							FC-LIST(1)