FC-SCAN - scan font files or directories - man - [phpMan]

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Scan font files or directories and print pattern information for each face found.

Scan a font file
fc-scan {{path/to/font_file}}
Scan a directory of fonts recursively
fc-scan {{path/to/directory}}
Scan multiple files or directories
fc-scan {{path/to/font1.ttf path/to/font2.otf ...}}
Print results without including font sizes
fc-scan {{-b|--brief}} {{path/to/font_file}}
Print results using a custom output format
fc-scan {{-f|--format}} "{{%{family}\n}}" {{path/to/font_file}}
Display help
fc-scan {{-h|--help}}
Display version
fc-scan {{-V|--version}}

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 otherwise.

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/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

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

                                            Jan 15, 2009                                  FC-SCAN(1)

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