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 --index index

Only query face indexed index of each file.

-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.

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 <behdad@behdad.org>.