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.