glyphs

List and inspect glyphs in a font.

Quick Reference

fontisan glyphs <font> [options]

Options

Option	Description
--format FORMAT	Output format (text, yaml, json)
--with-unicode	Include Unicode codepoints
--with-bbox	Include bounding boxes
--filter PATTERN	Filter by glyph name pattern

Output

Lists all glyphs with:

• Glyph ID (GID)
• Glyph name
• Unicode codepoint (if mapped)
• Bounding box (optional)

Examples

# List all glyphs
fontisan glyphs font.ttf

# With Unicode codepoints
fontisan glyphs font.ttf --with-unicode

# With bounding boxes
fontisan glyphs font.ttf --with-bbox

# Filter by name pattern
fontisan glyphs font.ttf --filter "uni*"

# JSON output for processing
fontisan glyphs font.ttf --format json > glyphs.json

Sample Output

GID   Name              Unicode    Bounding Box
----  ----------------  ---------  ---------------
0     .notdef           -          (0, 0, 500, 700)
1     space             U+0020     (0, 0, 0, 0)
2     exclam            U+0021     (100, 0, 200, 700)
3     quotedbl          U+0022     (80, 450, 420, 700)
4     numbersign        U+0023     (30, 0, 470, 700)
...

Use Cases

Count Glyphs

fontisan glyphs font.ttf | wc -l

Find Specific Glyphs

# Find ligatures
fontisan glyphs font.ttf | grep "_"

# Find small caps
fontisan glyphs font.ttf | grep "\.sc"

Export Glyph List

fontisan glyphs font.ttf --format json --with-unicode > glyph-map.json

Detailed Documentation

For glyph access via the Ruby API, see the GlyphAccessor API.