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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

fc-scan (1)

Name

fc-scan - scan font files or directories

Synopsis

fc-scan [ -Vh ]

[   [  -f  format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]
file...

Description

FC-SCAN(1)                                                          FC-SCAN(1)



NAME
       fc-scan - scan font files or directories

SYNOPSIS
       fc-scan [ -Vh ]

        [   [  -f  format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]
       file...

DESCRIPTION
       fc-scan scans file(s) recursively and prints out font pattern for  each
       face found.

OPTIONS
       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.

RETURN CODES
       fc-scan returns error code 0 if at least one font was found or 1 other-
       wise.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+---------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
       +---------------+---------------------------+
       |Availability   | system/library/fontconfig |
       +---------------+---------------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile                  |
       +---------------+---------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       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/fontcon-
       fig/fontconfig-user.html.

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



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded  from   https://fontconfig.org/release/fontcon-
       fig-2.14.0.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://fontconfig.org/.



                                 Jan 15, 2009                       FC-SCAN(1)