---
name: "fc-validate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fontconfig"
version: "2:2.18.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fc-validate"
---

# fc-validate(1)

validate font files

## NAME

fc-validate - validate font files

## SYNOPSIS

**fc-validate** \[ **-Vhv** \]\
     \[ **-i** *index* \| **--index** *index* \] \[ **-l** *lang* \| **--lang** *lang* \] \[ **--verbose** \] \[ **--version** \] \[ **--help** \] *font-file ...*

## DESCRIPTION

**fc-validate** validates *font-file*(s) if each fonts satisfies the language coverage according to the orthography files in fontconfig. If **--index** is given, only one face of each file is validated, otherwise all faces are validated.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of options is included below.

- **-i --index** *index*

  Only query face indexed *index* of each file.

- **-l --lang** *lang*

  Set *lang* as a language instead of current locale. this is used for **-m**.

- **-v --verbose**

  Show more detailed information.

- **-V --version**

  Show version of the program and exit.

- **-h --help**

  Show summary of options.

- *font-file*

  Query *font-file* for font faces.

## RETURN CODES

**fc-validate** returns error code 0 for successful parsing, or 1 if any errors occurred or if at least one font face could not be opened.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was updated by Akira TAGOH \<akira@tagoh.org\>.