Command-line tool

fontconfig

brew/fontconfig

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

XML-based font configuration API for X Windows

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install fontconfig

Linux

brew install fontconfig

Generate font cache files

fc-cache

Generate font cache files verbosely

fc-cache -v

Force a rebuild of all font cache files, without checking if cache is up-to-date

fc-cache -f

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