x11r4 man page for fc-match

FC-MATCH(1)															       FC-MATCH(1)

NAME
       fc-match - match available fonts

SYNOPSIS
       fc-match [ -svV? ] [ --sort ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ] [ --help ] [ font-pattern ]

DESCRIPTION
       fc-match  matches  font-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.  With --verbose, the whole font pattern for each  match  is  printed,
       otherwise only the file, family and style are printed..

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 --verbose
	      Print whole font pattern for each match.

       -? --help
	      Show summary of options.

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

       -s --sort
	      Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.

       font-pattern
	      Displays fonts matching font-pattern (uses empty pattern by default).

SEE ALSO
       fc-list (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>.

								    05 May 2008 						       FC-MATCH(1)