FC-CACHE(1) manual page

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## Name

fc-cache, fonts.cache - create an index of FreeType font files in a directory

## Synopsis

fc-cache [directory-name ... ]

## Description

If directory arguments are not given, fc-cache uses each directory in the current font configuration. Each directory is scanned for font files readable by FreeType. A cache is created which contains properties of each font and the associated filename. This cache is used to speed application startup when using the fontconfig library.

## Files

fonts.cache
  Maps file names to font properties. Read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.

## See Also

fontconfig(3)

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