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 op-
tions 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/fontcon-
fig/fontconfig-user.html.
AUTHOR
This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.
Aug 13, 2008 FC-QUERY(1)
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