---
name: "FcStrDowncase"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "fontconfig"
version: "2:2.18.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/FcStrDowncase"
---

# FcStrDowncase(3)

create a lower case translation of a string

## NAME

FcStrDowncase - create a lower case translation of a string

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<fontconfig/fontconfig.h\>**

**FcChar8 \* FcStrDowncase (const FcChar8 \****s***);**

## DESCRIPTION

Allocates memory, copies *s*, converting upper case letters to lower case and returns the allocated buffer.
