macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install fontconfigprovider-native install command
brew / Rang 28
fontconfig mit Homebrew installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für fontconfig in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
XML-based font configuration API for X Windows
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- fc-cache
- fc-cat
- fc-conflist
- fc-genconf
- fc-list
- fc-match
- fc-pattern
- fc-query
- fc-scan
- fc-validate
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
fontconfig is the freedesktop.org font discovery, matching, and configuration library used by Unix-like desktop and application stacks to centralize font access.
Projektgeschichte
The freedesktop project page describes fontconfig as a library for configuring and customizing font access. Its README and user documentation emphasize automatic font discovery, font-name substitution, language coverage matching, XML configuration, and cooperation with FreeType and the X Render Extension.
The user documentation explains the core architecture: a configuration module builds internal state from XML files, while a matching module accepts font patterns and returns the nearest matching font. The design goal was to centralize font installation and customization so applications would not each invent private font configuration systems.
Adoptionsgeschichte
fontconfig became infrastructure rather than an end-user application. Its value came from being shared by many applications and toolkits, independent of the X Window System, with command-line utilities such as `fc-cache`, `fc-list`, `fc-match`, `fc-query`, and related inspection tools.
The release directory and tag history show a long-running 2.x series, from early `fcpackage` and 2.2-era releases through current stable releases documented on the freedesktop project page.
Wie es verwendet wird
Administrators and users configure fontconfig through XML files such as `/etc/fonts/fonts.conf`, `/etc/fonts/conf.d`, `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf`, and per-user legacy files. Applications use the library to locate fonts, substitute missing families, and obtain file and rendering metadata.
The command-line tools form a practical maintenance layer: `fc-cache` refreshes caches, `fc-list` enumerates fonts, `fc-match` shows matching decisions, and `fc-query` or `fc-scan` inspect font files.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
fontconfig is one of the packages that makes desktop Linux font behavior feel coherent. Package maintainers care about it because bad cache handling, misplaced config snippets, or mismatched defaults can affect text rendering across a whole system.
Zeitleiste
- 2000s: Early fontconfig 2.x and `fcpackage` tags appear in the freedesktop release history.
- 2012: The release directory lists fontconfig 2.10.0.
- 2018: The release directory lists fontconfig 2.13.0.
- 2025: The release directory lists fontconfig 2.16.0.
- 2026: The project page identifies the current stable series as 2.17.1, while repository tags show later 2.18.x tags.
Related projects
- fontconfig is explicitly related to FreeType and the X Render Extension, and it sits alongside freedesktop.org desktop plumbing used by font-aware applications and toolkits.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf/etc/fonts/conf.d$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/conf.d~/.fonts.conf~/.fonts.conf.d
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
fc-cache | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-cat | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-conflist | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-genconf | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-list | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-match | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-pattern | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-query | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-scan | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
fc-validate | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-08-03
Manager-Version2.18.2
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-29
lokale Datenunbekannt
Upstreamnicht verfügbar
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:fontconfig |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.18.2 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/fontconfig/ |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-29T17:23:24+01:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation