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) fc-pattern(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in  HTML  format:  /usr/share/doc/fontcon-
       fig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.



                                 Aug 13, 2008                      FC-QUERY(1)
