[Fontconfig-bugs] [Bug 75178] font substitution fails if font name contains a dash

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75178

--- Comment #9 from Behdad Esfahbod <freedesktop at behdad.org> ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > That fc-match Code-128 doesn't work is expected, you need to escape the dash
> > in there.  It wouldn't happen with the API though, so that can't explain the
> > issue you are seeing.
> 
> I found that it works only by using escaping PLUS double quotes around the
> match string. Unfortunaltely only escaping does _NOT_ work. This is not
> mentioned in the man page, would it be an idea add that?

You sure?!

behdad:~ 0$ fc-match 'Code-128'
DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"
behdad:~ 0$ fc-match 'Code\-128'
Code-128.ttf: "Code-128" "Normal"
behdad:~ 0$ fc-match '"Code-128"'
DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"

Oh, you mean this doesn't work:

$ fc-match Code\-128
DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"

That has nothing to do with fontconfig.  Bash / your shell will consume that
escaping.  You want the backslash to reach fontconfig.

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