---
name: "gtkfontsel"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gtkfontsel"
version: "1.1-8"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gtkfontsel"
---

# gtkfontsel(1)

a font selector program

## NAME

gtkfontsel - a font selector program

## SYNOPSIS

**gtkfontsel \[ -print \] \[ -p text \]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gtkfontsel** command. It was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**gtkfontsel** is very similar to xfontsel, but is hopefully much easier to use. After selecting a font, you can use the 'Copy Font Name' button to copy the font name to the clipboard, so you can easily paste it into another application.

It also supports the '-print' command line option which will print the selected font name to stdout when the user hits 'Exit'.

## OPTIONS

- **-print**

  Makes the program print the selected font name to stdout when the user hits 'Exit'.

- **-p text**

  Set the text for the preview window.

## SEE ALSO

[**xfontsel**(1x)](/xfontsel/1x.md)

## AUTHOR

Damon Chaplin \<damon@karuna.freeserve.co.uk\>

This manual page was written by Dima Barsky \<dima@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).