FcPatternPrint(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is the manual page for FcPatternPrint(3) — the little fontconfig icon whose whole job is printing a pattern for debugging. no cap, that's it. 💅

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

void FcPatternPrint (const FcPattern *p);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Bestie, FcPatternPrint prints an easily readable version of the pattern to stdout. It's giving diagnostics-and-debugging main character energy — literally just there so you can look at the pattern with your own eyes. 👀✨

🚨 important vibe check: there is no provision for reparsing data in this format. It's just for diagnostics and debugging, periodt. Don't try to feed it back in and expect a glow-up. 😭

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this cutie comes from Fontconfig 2.17.0, dated 27 June 2025 — mwah, iconic, no notes 🎀🦋💜