diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 9757001..69054bd 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2016 - 2022 Viktor Chlumsky
+Copyright (c) 2016 - 2023 Viktor Chlumsky
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 3eee08c..9df722e 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNED DISTANCE FIELD GENERATOR - standalone console program
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * A utility by Viktor Chlumsky, (c) 2014 - 2022
+ * A utility by Viktor Chlumsky, (c) 2014 - 2023
  *
  */
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static FontHandle * loadVarFont(FreetypeHandle *library, const char *filename) {
     while (*filename && *filename != '?')
         buffer.push_back(*filename++);
     FontHandle *font = loadFont(library, buffer.c_str());
-    if (*filename++ == '?') {
+    if (font && *filename++ == '?') {
         do {
             buffer.clear();
             while (*filename && *filename != '=')
@@ -299,7 +299,11 @@ static const char * writeOutput(const BitmapConstRef<float, N> &bitmap, const ch
     #define SUFFIX_UNDERLINE
 #endif
 
-static const char *helpText =
+static const char * const versionText =
+    "MSDFgen v" MSDFGEN_VERSION_STRING TITLE_SUFFIX "\n"
+    "(c) 2016 - " STRINGIZE(MSDFGEN_COPYRIGHT_YEAR) " Viktor Chlumsky";
+
+static const char * const helpText =
     "\n"
     "Multi-channel signed distance field generator by Viktor Chlumsky v" MSDFGEN_VERSION_STRING TITLE_SUFFIX "\n"
     "------------------------------------------------------------------" VERSION_UNDERLINE SUFFIX_UNDERLINE "\n"
@@ -406,6 +410,8 @@ static const char *helpText =
         "\tRenders an image preview without flattening the color channels.\n"
     "  -translate <x> <y>\n"
         "\tSets the translation of the shape in shape units.\n"
+    "  -version\n"
+        "\tPrints the version of the program.\n"
     "  -windingpreprocess\n"
         "\tAttempts to fix only the contour windings assuming no self-intersections and even-odd fill rule.\n"
     "  -yflip\n"
@@ -520,6 +526,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char * const *argv) {
         #define ARG_MODE(s, m) if (!strcmp(arg, s)) { mode = m; ++argPos; continue; }
         #define SET_FORMAT(fmt, ext) do { format = fmt; if (!outputSpecified) output = "output." ext; } while (false)
 
+        // Accept arguments prefixed with -- instead of -
+        if (arg[0] == '-' && arg[1] == '-')
+            ++arg;
+
         ARG_MODE("sdf", SINGLE)
         ARG_MODE("psdf", PSEUDO)
         ARG_MODE("msdf", MULTI)
@@ -851,11 +861,15 @@ int main(int argc, const char * const *argv) {
             argPos += 2;
             continue;
         }
+        ARG_CASE("-version", 0) {
+            puts(versionText);
+            return 0;
+        }
         ARG_CASE("-help", 0) {
             puts(helpText);
             return 0;
         }
-        printf("Unknown setting or insufficient parameters: %s\n", arg);
+        printf("Unknown setting or insufficient parameters: %s\n", argv[argPos]);
         suggestHelp = true;
         ++argPos;
     }
diff --git a/msdfgen-ext.h b/msdfgen-ext.h
index 5bbe717..791a950 100644
--- a/msdfgen-ext.h
+++ b/msdfgen-ext.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*
  * MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNED DISTANCE FIELD GENERATOR
  * ---------------------------------------------
- * A utility by Viktor Chlumsky, (c) 2014 - 2022
+ * A utility by Viktor Chlumsky, (c) 2014 - 2023
  *
  * The extension module provides ways to easily load input and save output using popular formats.
  *
diff --git a/msdfgen.h b/msdfgen.h
index c9ae4f5..1ff4115 100644
--- a/msdfgen.h
+++ b/msdfgen.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*
  * MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNED DISTANCE FIELD GENERATOR
  * ---------------------------------------------
- * A utility by Viktor Chlumsky, (c) 2014 - 2022
+ * A utility by Viktor Chlumsky, (c) 2014 - 2023
  *
  * The technique used to generate multi-channel distance fields in this code
  * has been developed by Viktor Chlumsky in 2014 for his master's thesis,