From: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:36:33 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Add more details about `fc-list` usage to the font post.
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Add more details about `fc-list` usage to the font post.
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diff --git a/posts/Fonts.mdwn b/posts/Fonts.mdwn
index 7fcc914..d24ece2 100644
--- a/posts/Fonts.mdwn
+++ b/posts/Fonts.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ up by X.  You can use `fc-list` to list fonts that X can find.
     Shalom:style=Stick
     …
 
+For more details on a font, you can set the [format][]:
+
+    $ fc-list -f '%{family}\t%{file}\n'
+    Ann     /usr/share/fonts/freefonts/ans.pfb
+    Goudy-Old-Style /usr/share/fonts/freefonts/goudyob.pfb
+    Nimbus Roman No9 L      /usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/n021003l.pfb
+    …
+
+Or just use `--verbose`:
+
+    $ fc-list -v
+    Pattern has 15 elts (size 16)
+            family: "Ann"(s)
+            style: "Stone"(s)
+    …
+
 You can use `xset` to query the font path for your current X server.
 
     $ xset q
@@ -58,6 +74,7 @@ page.  Kevin Bowling also has some interesting notes about
 
 
 [fontconfig]: http://fontconfig.org/
+[format]: http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-devel/fcpatternformat.html
 [gucharmap]: http://live.gnome.org/Gucharmap
 [OFL]: http://openfontlibrary.org/
 [TrueType]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType