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emk2203
Asked: 2020-05-07 02:44:08 +0800 CST

How to get font information (ttf, otf) on the command line with fontconfig's fc-scan utility for my system language?

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I want to get information about fonts (ttf or otf), like the family name and the style.

If possible, I don't want to install extra software like otfinfo. Since fontconfig is installed everywhere, a good option seems to be

fc-scan --format "%{family} %{style}\n" font.ttf

However, the output is 

Bookman Old Style Cursiva,kurzíva,kursiv,Πλάγια,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dőlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itálico,Курсив,İtalik,Poševno,Etzana

where the style is in all the different languages the font supports. How can I restrict the output of fc-scan to the system language or English?

Desired output would be Bookman Old Style Italic for the case above.

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1 Answers

  1. To get the font information in the system language, use

        fc-scan --format "%{fullname[$(( $(sed -E 's/^(.*)en.*/\1/;s/[^,]//g' <<<"$(fc-scan --format "%{fullnamelang}\n" /mnt/Fonts/bookosb.ttf)" | wc -c) -1 ))]}\n" /mnt/Fonts/bookosb.ttf
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