FC-MATCH(1)

NAME
fc-match - match available fonts

SYNOPSIS
fc-match [ -asvVh ] [ --all ] [ --sort ] [ --verbose ] [ -f format | --format format ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
    [ pattern [ element ... ] ]

DESCRIPTION

fc-match matches pattern (empty pattern by default) using the normal fontconfig matching rules to find the best font available. If --sort is given, the sorted list of best matching fonts is displayed. The --all option works like --sort except that no pruning is done on the list of fonts.

If any elements are specified, only those are printed. Otherwise short file name, 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.

-a --all
    Displays sorted list of best matching fonts, but do not do any pruning on the list.

-s --sort
    Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.

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

-f --format format
    Format output according to the format specifier format.

-V --version
    Show version of the program and exit.

-h --help
    Show summary of options.

pattern
    Displays fonts matching pattern (uses empty pattern by default).

element
    If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts.

SEE ALSO

fc-list(1) FcFontMatch(3) FcFontSort(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 updated by Patrick Lam <plam@csail.mit.edu>.