Scan font files or directories
fc-scan [ -Vh ]
[ [ -f format ] [ --format format ] ] [ --version ] [ --help ] file...
fc-scan scans file(s) recursively and prints out font pattern for each face found.
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
-f
Format output according to the format specifier format.
-V
Show version of the program and exit.
-h
Show summary of options.
file
Scan file recursively for font faces.
fc-scan returns error code 0 if at least one font was found or 1 otherwise.
fc-query(1) FcFileScan(3) FcDirScan(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.
This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <[email protected]>.