fc-validate1
Validate font files
Usage
fc-validate [-Vhv]
[{-i
index | --index
index}]
[{-l
lang | --lang
lang}]
[--verbose]
[--version]
[--help]
font-file ...
Overview
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.
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.
--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--index since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--lang since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--verbose since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.