Manual: fc-match

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

NAME
       fc-match - match available fonts

SYNOPSIS
       fc-match	 [ -asvVh ] [ --all ] [ --sort ] [ --verbose ] [ -f format | --format format ] [ --version ]
       [ --help ]
	   [ pattern  [ element ... ]  ]

DESCRIPTION
       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 dis‐
       played.	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.

OPTIONS
       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 elements 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.

EXAMPLES
       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.

SEE ALSO
       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	

AUTHOR
       This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam .

						Aug 13, 2008					 FC-MATCH(1)