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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 normal fontconfig matching rules
       to find the best font available.  If --sort is given, the sorted list of best matching fonts is  dis-played. displayed.
       played.   With  --verbose, the whole font pattern for each match is printed, otherwise 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/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam <[email protected]>.



                                                 05 May 2008                                     FC-MATCH(1)

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