FC-MATCH

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 AT csail DOT mit DOT edu>.