Man1 - fc-match.1

fc-match - match available fonts

fc-match [ -asvVh ] [ –all ] [ –sort ] [ –verbose ] [ -f */format/ | *–format */format/ ] [ *–version ] [ –help ] [ /pattern/* [ element … ] * ]

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.

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-’). A summary of options is included below.

*-a –all *

Displays sorted list of best matching fonts, but do not do any pruning on the list.

*-s –sort *

Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.

*-v –verbose *

Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match, or /element/s if any is provided.

-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.

/pattern/* *

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

/element/* *

If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts.

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.

*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.

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