FC-MATCH(1) FC-MATCH(1)
NAME
fc-match - match available fonts
SYNOPSIS
fc-match [ -svV? ] [ --sort ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ] [ --help ] [
font-pattern ]
DESCRIPTION
fc-match matches font-pattern (empty pattern by default) using the nor-
mal fontconfig matching rules to find the best font available. If
--sort is given, the sorted list of best matching fonts is displayed.
With --verbose, the whole font pattern for each match is printed, oth-
erwise only the file, family and style are printed..
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 --verbose
Print whole font pattern for each match.
-? --help
Show summary of options.
-V --version
Show version of the program and exit.
-s --sort
Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.
font-pattern
Displays fonts matching font-pattern (uses empty pattern by
default).
SEE ALSO
fc-list (1).
The fontconfig user’s guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontcon-
fig/fontconfig-user.html.
AUTHOR
This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam <plam@csail.mit.edu>.
16 January 2007 FC-MATCH(1)
