hb-info(1)

hb-info1

Query font information.

Overview

Usage:

: hb-info [OPTION???] [FONT-FILE]

Query font information.

Help Options:

-h, --help: Show help options

--help-all: Show all help options

--help-face: Options for the font face

--help-font: Options for the font instance

--help-variations: Options for font variations used

--help-misc: Miscellaneous options affecting queries

--help-query: Options to query the font instance

Font-face options:

--font-file=filename: Set font file-name

-y, --face-index=index: Set face index (default: 0)

--face-loader=loader: Set face loader to use (default: ot)

: Supported face loaders are: ot/ft

--list-face-loaders: List available face loaders and quit

Font-instance options:

`--font-size=1/2 integers or 'upem'`	Font size (default: upem)
`--font-ppem=1/2 integers`	Set x,y pixels per EM (default: 0; disabled)

--font-ptem=point-size: Set font point-size (default: 0; disabled)

`--font-bold=1/2 numbers; eg. 0.05`	Set synthetic bold (default: 0)
`--font-grade=1/2 numbers; eg. 0.05`	Set synthetic grade (default: 0)
`--font-slant=slant ratio; eg. 0.2`	Set synthetic slant (default: 0)

--font-funcs=impl: Set font functions implementation to use (default: ot)

: Supported font function implementations are: ot/ft

--list-font-funcs: List available font functions and quit

--ft-load-flags=integer: Set FreeType load-flags (default: 2)

Variations options:

--named-instance=index: Set named-instance index (default: none)

--variations=list: Comma-separated list of font variations

: Variations are set globally. The format for specifying variation settings follows. All valid CSS font-variation-settings values other than 'normal' and 'inherited' are also accepted, though, not documented below.

: The format is a tag, optionally followed by an equals sign, followed by a number. For example:

: "wght=500" "slnt=-7.5"

Miscellaneous options:

--direction=ltr/rtl/ttb/btt: Set direction (default: ltr)

`--script=ISO-15924 tag; eg. 'Latn'`	Set script (default: none)
`--language=BCP 47 tag; eg. 'en'`	Set language (default: $LANG)
`--ot-script=tag; eg. 'latn'`	Set OpenType script tag (default: none)
`--ot-language=tag; eg. 'ENG'`	Set OpenType language tag (default: none)

Query options:

-a, --all: Show everything

--show-all: Show all short information (default)

--show-face-count: Show face count

--show-family: Show family name

--show-subfamily: Show subfamily name

--show-unique-name: Show unique name

--show-full-name: Show full name

--show-postscript-name: Show Postscript name

--show-version: Show version

--show-technology: Show technology

--show-unicode-count: Show Unicode count

--show-glyph-count: Show glyph count

--show-upem: Show Units-Per-EM

--show-extents: Show extents

`--get-name=name id; eg. '13'`	Get name
`--get-style=style tag; eg. 'wght'`	Get style
`--get-metric=metric tag; eg. 'hasc'`	Get metric
`--get-baseline=baseline tag; eg. 'hang'`	Get baseline
`--get-meta=tag tag; eg. 'dlng'`	Get meta information
`--get-table=table tag; eg. 'cmap'`	Get font table

--list-all: List all long information

--list-names: List names

--list-style: List style

--list-metrics: List metrics

--list-baselines: List baselines

-l, --list-tables: List tables

--list-unicodes: List characters

--list-glyphs: List glyphs

--list-scripts: List layout scripts

--list-features: List layout features

--list-variations: List variations

--list-palettes: List color palettes

--list-meta: List meta information

Application Options:

-q, --quiet: Generate machine-readable output

--version: Show version numbers

Queries font file for various information. If no query option is specified, --show-all is assumed.

Exit status

	0: Success.
	1: Option parsing failed.
	2: Failed loading font face.
	4: Failed setting font functions.

Environment

	HB_FACE_LOADER=face-loader; Overrides the default face loader.
	HB_FONT_FUNCS=font-funcs; Overrides the default font-funcs.

$ hb-info

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