{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "fc-validate",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fc-validate/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-02T20:22:17Z",
    "synopsis": "fc-validate [ -Vhv ]\n[   [ -i index ]  [ --index index ]  ]  [  [ -l lang ]  [ --lang lang ]  ]  [ --verbose ]  [\n--version ]  [ --help ]  font-file...",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "fc-validate - validate font files\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "fc-validate [ -Vhv ]\n\n[   [ -i index ]  [ --index index ]  ]  [  [ -l lang ]  [ --lang lang ]  ]  [ --verbose ]  [\n--version ]  [ --help ]  font-file...\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "fc-validate validates font-file(s) if each fonts satisfies the language coverage according to\nthe orthography files in fontconfig.  If --index is given, only one face of each file is val‐\nidated, otherwise all faces are validated.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting  with  two\ndashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-i",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-i"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-l -m",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-v"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-V",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-V"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h",
                    "content": "font-file\nQuery font-file for font faces.\n",
                    "flag": "-h"
                }
            ]
        },
        "RETURN CODES": {
            "content": "fc-validate  returns error code 0 for successful parsing, or 1 if any errors occured or if at\nleast one font face could not be opened.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "This manual page was updated by Akira TAGOH <akira@tagoh.org>.\n\n\n\nSep 10, 2012                              FC-VALIDATE(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "fc-validate - validate font files",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-i",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-m",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-V",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "font-file Query font-file for font faces."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}