fc-list1
List available fonts
Usage
fc-list [-vVh]
[--verbose]
[{-f
format | --format
format}]
[{-q | --quiet}]
[--version]
[--help]
[pattern
[element ...]]
Overview
fc-list lists fonts and styles available on the system for applications using fontconfig. If any elements are specified, only those are printed. Otherwise family and style are printed, unless verbose output is requested.
Options
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
-
-v --verbose -
Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match, or elements if any is provided.
-
-f --format format -
Format output according to the format specifier format.
-
-q --quiet -
Suppress all normal output. returns 1 as the error code if no fonts matched.
-
-V --version -
Show version of the program and exit.
-
-h --help -
Show summary of options.
pattern
|
If this argument is set, only fonts matching pattern are displayed. |
|---|---|
element
|
If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts. |
Examples
fc-list-
Lists all font faces.
- fc-list :lang=hi
-
Lists font faces that cover Hindi.
- fc-list : family style file spacing
-
Lists the filename and spacing value for each font face. ``:'' is an empty pattern that matches all fonts.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 5 times.
--format since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--quiet since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--verbose since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-f since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-h since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-q since Debian 8 (Jessie).
-? until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).