NAME

       fontmatrix - a powerful open source font manager

SYNOPSIS

       fontmatrix

DESCRIPTION

       Fontmatrix is an open source font manager originally developed on Linux, but now runs on OSX as well.

       This  man page only provides summaries of some aspects of the program's use. It's main purpose is to make
       sure you can find the full documentation quickly and easily.

OPTIONS

       The definitive options are in the program's usage statement. Run:

       -l, --lang xx
              Overrides the system locale and runs Fontmatrix in language xx. The language is specified with the
              same POSIX language codes that are used in the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables. For example,
              English can be selected with 'en' (generic English), 'en_GB' (British English), 'en_US'  (American
              english), etc. Similarly, Deutsch can be selected with 'de' or 'de_DE'.

              -la, --langs-available
              Print  a  list  of  languages  for  which  user  interface translations are available. To use that
              language run Fontmatrix as 'fontmatrix -l xx' where xx is the short  language  code,  or  set  the
              locale environment variables as described below.

       -v, --version
              Prints the Fontmatrix version number and exits.

       -f, --file
              Open  the  specified  file.  It's possible to simply pass the file name as an unqualified argument
              instead of using this, though if the name begins with a - you will need to use --, eg  'fontmatrix
              -- -myfile.sla'.

       -ns, --no-splash
              Suppresses display of the splash screen during SCribus start-up.

ENVIRONMENT

       Fontmatrix  respects  the  standard  locale  environment variables. Others may be used through underlying
       libraries, such as Qt, or by programs used by Fontmatrix.  LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG  POSIX  locale.  See
       locale(1).   Fontmatrix  uses  these  three  environment variables, in the listed order of precedence, to
       select the language (including the user interface translation) to use. If none are set, it will fall back
       on the locale set by the underlying Qt library.

       PATH   Fontmatrix  may  search  the  PATH for external tools if their paths are not specified absolutely.
              This is currently most likely to affect you if you have multiple copies of fontforge(1) installed.
              You can set an absolute path to the correct fontforge(1) in your Fontmatrix preferences and bypass
              the PATH search.

       A few important environment variables from other programs are summarised here for convenience, though you
       should check the original program's documentation if you are having trouble.

       FILES

       $HOME/.fontmatrix/
              User  preferences  are  stored  in  $HOME/.fontmatrix/  on  Unix  or  Linux.  Most other paths are
              configurable from the Fontmatrix preferences.  $HOME/.fonts/

       $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

       /etc/fonts
              Fontconfig, the library used by Fontmatrix to locate fonts, is normally configured with  files  in
              /etc/fonts, mainly /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and /etc/fonts/local.conf . It may also use a config file
              $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf and  fonts  in  $HOME/.fonts/  .  See  fonts.conf(5)  and  the
              fontconfig documentation for more information. Note that Fontmatrix may also use its internal font
              path to locate more fonts - see the Preferences dialog and fontmatrix help.

RELATED SOFTWARE AND AFFILIATES

       Scribus - http://www.scribus.net

       Other affiliates may be listed in the footer on http://www.fontmatrix.net/

BUGS

       See https://gna.org/bugs/?group=undertype for the Fontmatrix on-line status tracker,  which  is  used  to
       track  bug reports and feature requests.  If you intend to submit a bug report or feature request, please
       search the bug database first.

AUTHORS

       Please see the About Fontmatrix option in  the  Help  menu  for  a  list  of  authors,  translators,  and
       contributors.