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FC-MATCH(1)                                                        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     Displays sorted list of best matching fonts, but do not do any
              pruning on the list.

       -s     Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.

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

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

EXAMPLES
       fc-match sans
              Display the best matching font categorized into sans-serif
              generic family, filtered by current locale

       fc-match sans:lang=en
              Display the best matching font categorized into sans-serif
              generic family, filtered by English language

       fc-match sans:lang=en:weight=bold
              Display the best matching font categorized into sans-serif
              generic family, filtered by English language and weight is bold.

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>.

                                August 13, 2008                    FC-MATCH(1)