To install:
pip install fontbakery;
To upgrade:
pip install --upgrade fontbakery;
From a PPA on Ubuntu:
sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:fontforge/fontforge;
sudo apt-get update -qq;
sudo apt-get install python-fontforge
Font Validator has useful tests for a font's glyf table. We use Hintak's fork.
- download the latest release for your OS.
- unzip it
- Change the unzipped binary's permissions,
chmod 755 FontValidator - Move the binary to your bin folder,
mv /path/to/unzipped/FontValidator /usr/local/bin/FontValidator
The script available at prebuilt/workarounds/ftxvalidator/ssh-implementation/ftxvalidator let's you execute the Mac OS tool ftxvalidator on a remote host. It is designed as a drop in replacement to be put in your /usr/local/bin directory.
In order to use it you must also add your client's ssh public key to .ssh/authorized_keys on the remote machine.