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Shell command: fc-list

fc-list lists fonts and styles that are available on the system for applications that use fontconfig.
fc-list [options] [pattern [element…]]
Using pattern filters the displayed fonts.
element determines which properties are displayed for matching fonts.

Options

-v Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match, or elements if any is provided.
-f Format output according to the format specifier format.
-q Suppress all normal output. returns 1 as the error code if no fonts matched.
-V Show version of the program and exit.
-h Show summary of options.

Examples

Lists all font faces.
fc-list
List of monospaced client-side fonts:
fc-list :spacing=mono
Find fonts that are able to display an alpha (α, U+03B1):
fc-list ':charset=03B1
Lists font faces that cover Hindi:
fc-list :lang=hi
List filenames and spacing value for each font face. (: is an empty pattern that matches all fonts).
fc-list : family style file spacing

See also

Fontconfig
Shell commands

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