Fonts

The REST API allows you to list—but not modify—fonts available in GeoServer. It can be useful to use this operation to verify if a font used in a style file is available before uploading it.

Note

Read the API reference for /fonts.

Getting a list of all fonts

List all fonts on the server, in JSON format:

Request

curl

curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/fonts.json

Response

{"fonts":["Calibri Light Italic","Microsoft PhagsPa Bold","Lucida Sans Typewriter Oblique","ChaparralPro-Regular","Californian FB Italic"]}

List all fonts on the server, in XML format:

Request

curl

curl -u admin:geoserver -XGET http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/fonts.xml

Response

<root>
  <fonts>
    <entry>Calibri Light Italic</entry>
    <entry>Microsoft PhagsPa Bold</entry>
    <entry>Lucida Sans Typewriter Oblique</entry>
    <entry>ChaparralPro-Regular</entry>
    <entry>Californian FB Italic</entry>
  </fonts>
</root>
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