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Armenian font checker

You found a font you like. Will it actually write Armenian? Drop the file in and find out in a second, before you build anything with it. Made the font yourself? Same answer, before you release it. Either way the file stays on your computer.

Drop a font file here

A .ttf or .otf file, dropped here or picked from your computer. It is read right here in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

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About the tool

Why a font can look Armenian and still break

A specimen image only shows the letters the designer chose to show. Plenty of Armenian fonts cover the capitals beautifully and then run out: no ք, no punctuation, no dram sign. You install it, set your headline, and half the letters come out in some other font.

This tool answers that before you find out the hard way. It reads the character map inside the file and then checks the outlines behind it, testing all 38 capitals, all 38 small letters and և, the punctuation, the dram sign ֏ and the five historic ligatures.

Made an Armenian font yourself? Run it through before you release it. The report lists every character the file is short of, so you can fix the gaps rather than hear about them from whoever downloads it.

The file is read on this page and never uploaded. Every font in our catalogue is checked before it is published.

FAQ

Frequent questions

Which files can I check?

.ttf and .otf files, including .ttc collections, where the first font in the file is checked. WOFF webfonts are compressed, so use the .ttf or .otf version instead.

Is my font file uploaded anywhere?

No. The file is read on this page, its character map is parsed on your own computer, and nothing is sent to a server.

The preview shows a letter the report calls missing. How?

A preview quietly substitutes another font for characters yours lacks, so text can look complete when it is not. The report reads the font's own table, so the red cells are what the file truly lacks.

What does an amber "Empty" cell mean?

The font has that character but draws nothing for it. Because the font claims it, no other font steps in, so the letter comes out as a blank gap and nothing warns you. It is the hardest fault to spot by eye, which is why the checker reads the outlines rather than trusting the character map alone.

Do missing ligatures matter?

Rarely. ﬓ ﬔ ﬕ ﬖ ﬗ are optional, and most modern fonts leave them out and draw the letter pairs instead. Missing letters and punctuation are the real problem.

The font passes but my text still breaks. Why?

Then the text is the problem, not the font, and it is probably in the old ArmSCII encoding. Convert it to Unicode and it will work in any font that passes here.

Do I need to check fonts from your catalogue?

No. Every font on fonter.am is checked before it is published, and what it covers is listed on the font page.