fc-query1
Query font files
Usage
fc-query [-Vh]
[{-b | --ignore-blanks}]
[{-i
index | --index
index}]
[{-f
format | --format
format}]
[--version]
[--help]
font-file ...
Overview
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.
-
-b --ignore-blanks -
Ignore blanks to compute languages
-
-i --index index -
Only query face indexed index of each file.
-
-f --format format -
Format output according to the format specifier format.
-
-V --version -
Show version of the program and exit.
-
-h --help -
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 occurred or if at least one font face could not be opened.
Releases
9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 5 times.
--format since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--ignore-blanks since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--index since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-b since Debian 10 (Buster).