fv

fv is a command-line font viewer using terminal graphics (Sixel, iTerm, Kitty).

Installing | Building | Using | Releases

Overview

fv quick previews of TTF (and other font files) directly from the command-line:

Uses Sixel, iTerm Inline Images, or Kitty graphics protocols where available. See Are We Sixel Yet? for a list of terminals known to work with this package.

Installing

fv can be installed via Release, via Homebrew, via AUR, via Scoop or via Go:

Installing via Release

1. Download a release for your platform
2. Extract the fv or fv.exe file from the .tar.bz2 or .zip file
3. Move the extracted executable to somewhere on your $PATH (Linux/macOS) or %PATH% (Windows)

Installing via Homebrew (macOS and Linux)

Install fv from the kenshaw/fv tap in the usual way with the brew command:

# install
$ brew install kenshaw/fv/fv

Installing via AUR (Arch Linux)

Install fv from the Arch Linux AUR in the usual way with the yay command:

# install
$ yay -S fv-cli

Alternately, build and install using makepkg:

# clone package repo and make/install package
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/fv-cli.git && cd fv-cli
$ makepkg -si
==> Making package: fv-cli 0.4.4-1 (Sat 11 Nov 2023 02:28:28 PM WIB)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
...

Installing via Scoop (Windows)

Install fv using Scoop:

# Optional: Needed to run a remote script the first time
> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

# install scoop if not already installed
> irm get.scoop.sh | iex

# install fv with scoop
> scoop install fv

Installing via Go

Install fv in the usual Go fashion:

# install latest fv version
$ go install github.com/kenshaw/fv@latest

Using

# list all system fonts
$ fv --list

# display all system fonts
$ fv --all

# display Verdana bold, italic
$ fv Verdana --style 'bold italic'

# display match information for a font
$ fv --match 'Hack'

# change the text display with the font
$ fv Arial --text "hello world"

# display a specific font file with custom text
$ fv /path/to/MyFont.woff2 --text "Cool Company Name"

# all command line options
$ fv --help
fv, a command-line font viewer using terminal graphics

Usage:
  fv [flags] <font1> [font2, ..., fontN]

Flags:
      --all                    show all system fonts
      --bg color               background color (default rgba(255,255,255,0))
      --dpi int                dpi (default 100)
      --fg color               foreground color (default rgba(0,0,0,0))
  -h, --help                   help for fv
      --list                   list system fonts
      --margin int             margin (default 5)
      --match                  match system fonts
      --size int               font size (default 48)
      --style font-style       font style (default regular)
      --text string            display text
      --variant font-variant   font variant (default normal)
  -v, --version                version for fv