[Fontconfig] How to add custom font files without updating fonts.conf

[Raimund Steger]

On Mon, September 8, 2014 15:12, Prakhar Mishra wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I want to know how can I add a custom font directory or just a custom font
> file without editing "fonts.conf" file ?
> (actually my application don't have permission to edit "fonts.conf" file)
>
> is there any environment variable available ?

If you're the application developer, you can use
FcConfigAppFontAddDir(3)/FcConfigAppFontAddFile(3) to add your own fonts
to the running config.

Raimund

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