---
name: "fc-genconf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fontconfig"
version: "2:2.18.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fc-genconf"
---

# fc-genconf(1)

generate a configuration in XML format

## NAME

fc-genconf - generate a configuration in XML format

## SYNOPSIS

**fc-genconf** \[ **-fgloVh** \] \[ **--family** *family* \| **-f** *family* \] \[ **--generic** *genericfamily* \| **-g** *genericfamily* \] \[ **--lang** *lang* \| **-l** *lang* \] \[ **--output** *file* \| **-o** *file* \] \[ **--version** \] \[ **--help** \]\
     \[ *font path* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**fc-genconf** generates a configuration in XML format from font files where available on *font path*. Optional commandline options such as **--family** and **--generic** works as filter if **fc-genconf** could not fetch a meaningful value from a font metadata.

**fc-genconf** supports the generic alias rule and the language specific generic alias rule.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of options is included below.

- **-f --family** *name*

  Restrict the target family to *name* in a font. This is particularly useful to generate a config for a certain family name in TTC font.

- **-g --generic** *name*

  Set a generic family name to generate a configuration for instead of the generic family name in the font metadata.

- **-l --lang** *lang*

  Generate the language specific generic alias rule for. If multiple languages are supposed to be covered by this, simply set them multiple times as needed.

- **-o --output** *file*

  Output a configuration into *file*. default is stdout.

- **-V --version**

  Show version of the program and exit.

- **-h --help**

  Show summary of options.

- *font-path*

  A font path where is going to generate a configuration for.

## SEE ALSO

[**FcConfigFileGenerate**(3)](/FcConfigFileGenerate/3.md)

The fontconfig user's guide \<URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html\>

## AUTHOR

This manual page was updated by Akira TAGOH \<akira@tagoh.org\>.