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



NAME
       fc-query - query font files

SYNOPSIS
       fc-query [ -Vh ]
           [ -b | --ignore-blanks ] [ -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.

       -b --ignore-blanks
              Ignore blanks to compute languages

       -i --index index
              Only query face indexed index of each file.

       -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.

       font-file
              Query font-file for font faces.

RETURN CODES
       fc-query returns error code 0 for successful parsing, or 1 if any
       errors occurred 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) fc-pattern(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>.

                                August 13, 2008                    FC-QUERY(1)