Q1326617
Sign in to saveFreeType is a software development library used to render text onto bitmaps, and which provides support for other font-related operations. The FreeType font rasterization engine is free and open-source software with the source code dual-licensed under a BSD-like license and the GPL. FreeType supports a number of font formats, including TrueType, Type 1, and OpenType.
Key facts
- Software.name
- FreeType
- Software.developer
- David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, Werner Lemberg and FreeType contributors
- Software.logo
- 360px
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.genre
- Software development library: Font rasterization
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License / FreeType License
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Official website
- www.freetype.org
- Image
- Wikipedia with FreeType.png
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- inception
- 1996-00-00
- programmed in
- Q15777
- software version identifier
- 2.14.3
- operating system
- cross-platform
- copyright license
- BSD licenses
- Commons category
- FreeType
- source code repository URL
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype
- issue tracker URL
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/groups/freetype/-/issues
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Major rewrite 2.0
- Patent conflicts
- Compact Font Format engine donation
- Users
- References
- External links
FreeType is a software development library used to render text onto bitmaps, and which provides support for other font-related operations. The FreeType font rasterization engine is free and open-source software with the source code dual-licensed under a BSD-like license and the GPL. FreeType supports a number of font formats, including TrueType, Type 1, and OpenType.
==History== The FreeType rendering engine was started in 1995 by David Turner with the intent to provide TrueType font support for the OS/2 operating system, including an interpreter for handling TrueType bytecode. Originally written in the Pascal programming language, it was ported in 1997 by Robert Wilhelm to C.
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