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linux/font config: added section to find font for character

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@@ -53,7 +53,17 @@ Follow the section on [adding new fonts](#adding-new-font-to-configuration) and
This section addresses important commands and packages for the configuration of This section addresses important commands and packages for the configuration of
fonts. fonts.
### Show Characters Of A Font ### Display Available Fonts for Character
To list all fonts that are able to display a specific unicode character use the following command.
`<unicode>` is the code for one (for example `26AA`) or more (for example `26AA,26AB`) unicode
characters.
```sh
fc-list :charset=<unicode>
```
### Show Characters of a Font
Using [FontForge](https://fontforge.org/en-US/) all characters of a given `.ttf` file can be shown. Using [FontForge](https://fontforge.org/en-US/) all characters of a given `.ttf` file can be shown.
The following shows the structure of a command to call FontForge with a file. The following shows the structure of a command to call FontForge with a file.