FcConfigAppFontAddDir(3)

FcConfigAppFontAddDir3

Add fonts from directory to font database

Usage

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcBool FcConfigAppFontAddDir (FcConfig *config, const FcChar8 *dir);

Overview

Scans the specified directory for fonts, adding each one found to the application-specific set of fonts. Returns FcFalse if the fonts cannot be added (due to allocation failure). Otherwise returns FcTrue. If config is NULL, the current configuration is used.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8–9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

From fontconfig 2:2.18.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.