---
name: "mate-thumbnail-font"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mate-control-center"
version: "1.28.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mate-thumbnail-font"
---

# mate-thumbnail-font(1)

create font thumbnails

## NAME

mate-thumbnail-font - create font thumbnails

## SYNOPSIS

**mate-thumbnail-font** \[*-h*\|*-t \<TEXT\> -s \<SIZE\>*\] *\<FONT\_FILE\> \<OUTPUT\_FILE\>*

## DESCRIPTION

This executable is part of the package 'mate-control-center': The MATE Control Center.

**mate-thumbnail-font** is a command-line tool for creating thumbnails of PCF fonts.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**\|**--help**

  Show some help text.

- **-t** *\<TEXT\>*, **--text** *\<TEXT\>*

  Text to thumbnail (default: Aa).

- **-s** *\<SIZE\>*, **--size** *\<SIZE\>*

  Font size (default: 64).

## AUTHORS

This manual page was writtenby Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

Latest version of the MATE Desktop User Guide for your platform.

[**mate-control-center**(1)](/mate-control-center/1.md), [**mate-font-viewer**(1)](/mate-font-viewer/1.md)