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FC-LIST(1)                                                                                                 FC-LIST(1)



NAME
       fc-list - list available fonts

SYNOPSIS
       fc-list [ -vVh ]  [ --verbose ]  [  [ -f format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]

        [ pattern  [ element... ]   ]

DESCRIPTION
       fc-list lists fonts and styles available on the system for applications using fontconfig.  If any elements are
       specified, only those are printed.   Otherwise  family  and  style  are  printed,  unless  verbose  output  is
       requested.

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     Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match, or elements if any is provided.

       -f     Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       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-match(1) FcFontList(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(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 <[email protected]> and Josselin Mouette <[email protected]>.



                                                     Aug 13, 2008                                          FC-LIST(1)