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libfreetype6 - FreeType 2 font engine

Published by Rene Lopez

Overview

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Full name

http://www.nongnu.org/clanbomber/zeroinstall/libfreetype6.xml

Description

The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free, portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography. They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small, efficient and ubiquitous products. The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been designed to provide the following important features: * A universal and simple API to manage font files * Support for several font formats through loadable modules * High-quality anti-aliasing * High portability & performance Supported font formats include: * TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc) * Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format * Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides routines to manage design instances easily * Type 1 CID-keyed fonts * OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts * CFF/Type 2 fonts * Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with the Adobe SVG viewer plugin. * Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the FreeType 2 library.

Homepage

http://www.freetype.org/

Available versions

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VersionReleasedStabilityPlatformDownload
2.3.7-22009-07-13stableLinux-i386Download (329087 bytes)
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