FcConfigBuildFonts(3)

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version 2.17.0 · 12 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

🌸 FcConfigBuildFonts(3) — Build font database 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the FcConfigBuildFonts(3) page — it’s giving “font database glow-up” and honestly it’s iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

  • FcConfigBuildFonts — build font database 💖

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcBool FcConfigBuildFonts (FcConfig *config);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this function literally builds the set of available fonts for the configuration you give it. ✨ Like, it’s assembling the whole font squad for that config. No cap.

Big vibe check: any changes to the configuration after this call — specifically through FcConfigParseAndLoad or FcConfigParseAndLoadFromMemory — have indeterminate effects. 🫠 Like, the results are not guaranteed, bestie. Don’t come for me.

On the other hand (and this is the cute part 🫶), application fonts can still be modified through FcConfigAppFontAddFile, FcConfigAppFontAddDir and FcConfigAppFontClear. So those doors stay open. 💅

It returns FcFalse if this operation runs out of memory. 😭 That’s the failure case — lowkey tragic but important.

If config is NULL, the current configuration is used. No config? No problem. 🎀

💖 That’s the tea from the Fontconfig 2.17.0 manual, dated 27 June 2025 — go build those fonts, bestie. Periodt. 🫶✨

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