GlyphValidator

A tool to validate glyphs in the current font that is open and selected against glyphs from a selected source.

Options

get default…: Open a dialog to select the source to check against the current font
reload: Reload the selected source from disk (in case it has changed).
checks: Select which glyph attributes to check and report on.
font window: Show/hide check results in the Font Overview’s glyph cells.
glyph window: Show/hide check results in the Glyph View.
mark glyphs: Apply mark colors to different types of glyphs.

Labels with check results are shown in the Font Overview’s glyph cells if the option font window is activated.

Labels with check results are shown in the Glyph View if the option glyph window is activated.

Check results are displayed as a string of colored labels. Label colors have the following meaning:

glyph attribute	label	red	green	blue
width	W	different	equal	–
left margin	L	different	equal	–
right margin	R	different	equal	–
points	P	incompatible	compatible	equal
components	C	incompatible	compatible	equal
anchors	A	incompatible	compatible	equal
unicodes	U	different	equal	–

Glyph attributes are considered compatible if the following conditions are met:

glyph attribute	label	conditions
points	P	same number of contours same number of segments same segment types same number of points (implied)
components	C	same number of components same component names same component order
anchors	A	same number of anchors same anchor names same anchor order

Glyph attributes are considered identical if the following conditions are met:

glyph attribute	label	conditions
width	W	same advance width
left margin	L	same left margin (rounded)
right margin	R	same right margin (rounded)
points	P	same point positions
components	C	same point positions (flattened)
anchors	A	same anchor positions
unicodes	U	same unicode value(s)