validate

Validate fonts against industry-standard profiles.

Quick Reference

fontisan validate <font> --profile <profile> [options]

Validation Profiles

Profile	Description
opentype	OpenType specification compliance
google_fonts	Google Fonts requirements
microsoft	Microsoft font standards
adobe	Adobe font guidelines
production	Production-ready validation

Options

Option	Description
--profile NAME	Validation profile to use
--format FORMAT	Output format (text, yaml, json)
--verbose	Show all checks and results

Examples

# Validate for Google Fonts
fontisan validate font.ttf --profile google_fonts

# Validate for production
fontisan validate font.ttf --profile production

# JSON output
fontisan validate font.ttf --profile opentype --format json

Detailed Documentation

For comprehensive documentation including profile details and validation helpers, see the validate command guide.

See also

For collection-level structural checks (face count, per-face glyph cap, cmap-union size) on a TTC/OTC/dfont, see validate-collection. The two commands are complementary: validate runs profile-based per-face checks; validate-collection runs collection-level structural checks.