On 09/25/2009 06:25 PM, Patrick M. Rutkowski wrote: > I'm very confused about how "fc-match" is supposed to work. > > I run something like: `fc-match :spacing=mono`, or the synonym > `fc-match :spacing=100`, yet it does NOT give me a monospace font as I > expected. I instead get: > > Vera.ttf "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roamn" > > At the same time, `fc-list :spacing=mono fullname` shows that there > are indeed monospace fonts on the system > ... > :fullname=Free Monospaced > :fullname=DejaVu Sans Mono > ... > > What's the deal here? If you check fcmatch.c, you see that FC_SPACING has a lower priority than FC_FAMILY, so that's matched first. > I want to integrate libfreetype in my application for font searching > in the Linux port. Is it really the case that I won't be able to do > things like allow the user to ask for a monospace font and ACTUALLY > GET ONE? (instead of Bitstream Vera Sans). The right way to do that is to "fc-match monospace" Cheers, behdad > Many thanks in advance > -Patrick _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
