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)

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@behdad.org>.