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FC-QUERY(1)                                                                                               FC-QUERY(1)



NAME
       fc-query - query font files

SYNOPSIS
       fc-query [ -Vh ]

        [   [  -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 options starting with two dashes (`-'). A
       summary of options is included below.

       -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 occured 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/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <[email protected]>.



                                                     Aug 13, 2008                                         FC-QUERY(1)