scripts

List scripts and languages supported by a font.

Quick Reference

fontisan scripts <font> [options]

Options

Option	Description
--format FORMAT	Output format (text, yaml, json)
--with-languages	Include language systems
--with-features	Include features per script

Output

Shows:

• Script tags (OpenType 4-character codes)
• Script names
• Language systems (optional)
• Feature count per script

Examples

# List scripts
fontisan scripts font.ttf

# With language systems
fontisan scripts font.ttf --with-languages

# With features
fontisan scripts font.ttf --with-features

# JSON output
fontisan scripts font.ttf --format json

Sample Output

Scripts
=======

Tag     Name                    Languages  Features
------  ----------------------  ---------  --------
DFLT    Default                 1          12
latn    Latin                   27         45
cyrl    Cyrillic                8          32
grek    Greek                   2          28
arab    Arabic                  4          38

Total: 5 scripts, 42 language systems

Common Script Tags

Tag	Script
DFLT	Default
latn	Latin
cyrl	Cyrillic
grek	Greek
arab	Arabic
hebr	Hebrew
deva	Devanagari
beng	Bengali
hans	Simplified Chinese
hant	Traditional Chinese
jpan	Japanese
kore	Korean
thai	Thai

Use Cases

Check for Script Support

fontisan scripts font.ttf | grep -i arab

Verify Multi-script Font

fontisan scripts font.ttf --format json | jq 'length'

Compare Script Coverage

diff <(fontisan scripts font1.ttf) <(fontisan scripts font2.ttf)

Related Commands

• features — List OpenType features
• unicode — Show Unicode coverage