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.

SEE ALSO
       fc-list(1) FcFontMatch(3) FcFontSort(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-query(1) fc-scal(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 <plamATcsail.edu>.



                                                          Aug 13, 2008                                               FC-MATCH(1)