CHECK\_ATTACH(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation CHECK\_ATTACH(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

check\_attach - checks fonts against their attachment database

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    check_attach [-z outfile.xml] infile.xml infile.ttf
Checks an attachment point database against a font, checking that any
contours are single point and any locations tie up with their corresponding
contour, or that there exists a single point contour at a given location.
This program can also generate missing information and write it to a new
attachment point database.
```

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

```
    -z file     Output file to generate
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

ttfbuilder

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Martin Hosken <http://scripts.sil.org/FontUtils>. (see CONTRIBUTORS for other authors).

# [LICENSING](#LICENSING)

Copyright (c) 1998-2016, SIL International (http://www.sil.org)

This script is released under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.

2026-10-03 perl v5.44.0

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Document: check_attach(1) from perl-font-ttf-scripts 1.06-r0 (Chainguard OS)