FC-QUERY(1)

FC-QUERY(1) |  | FC-QUERY(1)

# NAME

fc-query - query font files

# SYNOPSIS

fc-query [ -Vh ]

[ [ -b ] [ --ignore-blanks ] ] [ [ -i index ] [ --index index ] ] [ [ -f format ] [ --format format ] ] [ --version ] [ --help ] font-file...

# DESCRIPTION

fc-query queries font-file(s) using the normal fontconfig rules and prints out font pattern for each face found. If --index is given, only one face of each file is queried, otherwise all faces are queried.

# OPTIONS

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

-b
  Ignore blanks to compute languages
-i
  Only query face indexed index of each file.
-f
  Format output according to the format specifier format.
-V
  Show version of the program and exit.
-h
  Show summary of options.
font-file
  Query font-file for font faces.

# RETURN CODES

fc-query returns error code 0 for successful parsing, or 1 if any errors occurred or if at least one font face could not be opened.

# SEE ALSO

fc-scan(1) FcFreeTypeQuery(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-pattern(1)

The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

# AUTHOR

This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.

Aug 13, 2008 |