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| FreeType |
| Computer languages | C + |
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| Documentation note | Developer reference available from http:// … Developer reference available from http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/documentation.html; user tutorial available from http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step1.html and http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step2.html rge.net/freetype2/docs/tutorial/step2.html |
| Full description | FreeType 2 is a software font engine that … FreeType 2 is a software font engine that is designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable and portable while capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images). It can be used in graphics libraries, display servers, font conversion tools, and text image generation tools. FreeType 2 is a font service and doesn't provide APIs to perform higher-level features, like text layout or graphics processing (e.g. colored text rendering, "hollowing", etc..). However, it simplifies these tasks by providing a simple, easy to use and uniform interface to access the content of font files. rface to access the content of font files. |
| Homepage URL | http://freetype.sourceforge.net/ + |
| Interface | x-window-system + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | fonts + , printing + , glyph + , FreeType + , font engine + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 20 December 2007 + |
| License | GPL + , FreeType License + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 8 August 2001 + |
| Name | FreeType + |
| Real name | Werner Lemberg + |
| Related projects | Fontlinge + , GLTT + , Ttf2pt1 + |
| Resource URL | http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=3157 + , http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=3157&atid=103157 + , mailto:devel@freetype.org + , mailto:freetype@freetype.org + |
| Resource audience | Developer + , Bug Tracking + , Support + |
| Resource kind | VCS Repository Webview + , E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 2,167 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 13:10:38 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Font engine + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Text-creation | font + , font-related + |
| Use | text-creation + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 2.1.9 stable released 2005-04-06 |
| Version date | 6 April 2005 + |
| Version download | http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.1.9.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 2.1.9 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Works-with | text + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 24 May 2012 23:11:28 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | wl@gnu.org + |
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| FreeType#2 + , FreeType#3 + , FreeType#4 + , FreeType#5 + | Resource of |
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