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/usr/bin/psfsyncmeta

SIL Global's Python font utilities (psf* command-line tools for UFO, TTF and OpenType feature workflows)

From pysilfont 1.8.0_git20260910-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running psfsyncmeta --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: psfsyncmeta [-h] [-l LOG] [-s] [-m [MASTER]] [-r] [-n] [--normalize] [-p PARAMS] [-q] ifont

Sync metadata across a family of fonts assuming standard UFO file naming

positional arguments:
  ifont                 Input font file

other arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l, --log LOG         Log file
  -s, --single          Sync single UFO against master
  -m, --master [MASTER]
                        Master UFO to sync single UFO against
  -r, --reportonly      Report issues but no updating
  -n, --new             append "_new" to file/ufo names
  --normalize           output all the fonts to normalize them
  -p, --params PARAMS   Other parameters - see parameters.md for details
  -q, --quiet           Quiet mode - only display severe errors

For more help options use -h ?.  For more documentation see https://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont/blob/master/docs/scripts.md#psfsyncmeta

Version: 1.8.1.dev14
Copyright (c) 2014-2025, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org)
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-l, --log LOGLog filehelp
-s, --singleSync single UFO against masterhelp
-m, --master MASTERMaster UFO to sync single UFO againsthelp
-r, --reportonlyReport issues but no updatinghelp
-n, --newappend "_new" to file/ufo nameshelp
--normalizeoutput all the fonts to normalize themhelp
-p, --params PARAMSOther parameters - see parameters.md for detailshelp
-q, --quietQuiet mode - only display severe errorshelp

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