Name

fc-cache

Synopsis

fc-cache [options] [dirs]

Create font information caches for fontconfig system, enabling applications that use fontconfig to load fonts more rapidly. If no directory is specified, the current font configuration directories are used. Only fonts readable by FreeType are cached.

Options

-f, --force

Regenerate cache files, even if they seem to be up to date.

-s, --system-only

Scan directories of fonts for the whole system, not the fonts in the user’s home directory.

-v, --verbose

Verbose mode: display status information during operation.

-V, --version

Display version information.

-?, --help

Display help information.

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