diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/alias.d/fontlist.sh b/sh/.config/sh/alias.d/fontlist.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#
+# list each individual font family installed
+# without doing all the duplicate doo-hop of fc-list
+
+# alias fonts='fc-list -f ''%{family}\n'' | awk ''!x[$0]++'''
+
+fontfamilies() {
+  fc-list -f '%{family}\n' | awk '!x[$0]++'
+}