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 --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.

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
       <URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-
       user.html>

AUTHOR
       This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam <plam@csail.mit.edu>.

				August 13, 2008			   FC-MATCH(1)