"fc-list"("1") manual page

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##

Name

fc-list -- list available fonts

## Synopsis

fc-list [-vV?] [--verbose] [--version] [--help] [pattern] [element]

## Description

fc-list lists fonts and styles available on the system for applications using fontconfig.

## 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
  Display status information while busy.
-? --help
  Show summary of options.
-V --version
  Show version of the program and exit.
pattern
  If this argument is set, only fonts matching pattern are displayed.
element
  If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts.

## Examples

fc-list
  Lists all font faces.
fc-list :lang=hi
  Lists font faces that cover Hindi.
fc-list : family style file spacing
  Lists the filename and spacing value for each font face. ``:'' is an empty pattern that matches all fonts.

## See Also

fc-cache (1) .

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

## Author

This manual page was written by Keith Packard keithp@keithp.com and Josselin Mouette joss@debian.org.