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FC-QUERY(1)                                                                                      FC-QUERY(1)



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     Only query face indexed index of each file.

       -f     Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       -h     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)

       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>.



                                                Aug 13, 2008                                     FC-QUERY(1)

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