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DejaVu fonts 2.24 (Default branch)

The DejaVu fonts are a font family based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters while maintaining the original look and feel. The family is available as TrueType fonts and also as third-party packages for various operating systems, including handhelds.License: Freely DistributableChanges:
This release includes bugfixes, new TrueType hinting instructions for many characters, and some other improvements.

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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/packages/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR

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

								  16 October 2006						       FC-MATCH(1)

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