FcConfigPreferAppFont(3)

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version 2.17.1 · 4 versions
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💅 FcConfigPreferAppFont(3) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the fontconfig manual, and it's a short one — literally one function, one flag, no drama. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

FcConfigPreferAppFont —

ngl the original page leaves the description blank here 😭 so all we know from the NAME line is that it's a function called FcConfigPreferAppFont. the actual tea is in DESCRIPTION, keep scrolling 👇

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

void FcConfigPreferAppFont (FcConfig *config, FcBool flag);

so you pull in the header, and you call it with a FcConfig * and an FcBool. that's the whole vibe check. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's what it does: you set flag to change the priority of Application fonts. that's the whole mission. 💅

and the default behavior? it's turned off, fr fr — and that's for backward compatibility. so if you never call this, nothing changes for you, no cap. it's giving "we didn't wanna break anybody's setup" and honestly? respectful. 👑

🎀 SINCE 🎀

this icon showed up in version 2.17.0 — so if you're on anything older, she's not there yet, sorry bestie 😭

⭐ lowkey reminder: the flag is about the priority of Application fonts — flip it and you're changing the pecking order, main character energy only. don't forget flag is an FcBool, not some random int, iykyk.

and that's the whole page, bestie — short and sweet, just how we like it 🍓

sign-off szn: this one's from Fontconfig 2.17.1, dated 02 July 2025, and the page itself is literally titled FcConfigPreferAppFont(3) — okay bye, love u, go configure ur fonts 💖🧚🌸

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