## 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/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

## AUTHOR

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