fc-list

List all fonts

$ fc-list

$ fc-list : family style | sort

$ fc-list | grep -i "[arial]"

$ fc-list :spacing=mono family

$ fc-list : file family

$ fc-list :style=Bold

$ fc-list :lang=[zh]

fc-list [options] [pattern] [elements]

fc-list lists fonts available to applications using fontconfig. It displays font family names, styles, file locations, and other properties.
The command is essential for discovering installed fonts, finding font file paths, and verifying font installation. It queries the fontconfig database which caches font information.

-v, --verbose

Verbose output with all properties.

Custom output format.

Suppress normal output.

Show version.

Font matching pattern.

Properties to display: family, style, file, etc.

Output can be long; pipe to grep or sort. Font names may vary by language. Newly installed fonts need `fc-cache -fv`. Some applications cache fonts independently.

fc-list is part of fontconfig, created by Keith Packard around 2000 to provide system-wide font configuration for X11 and other systems. It replaced the older X font system with a more flexible, file-based approach.

fc-cache(1), fc-match(1), fc-query(1), fonts-conf(5)