aseprite/freetype2

FreeType 2.14.3

Homepage: https://freetype.org

FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts.

It is written in C, designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images) of most vector and bitmap font formats.

Please read the docs/CHANGES file, it contains IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Read the files docs/INSTALL* for installation instructions; see the file LICENSE.TXT for the available licenses.

For using FreeType's git repository instead of a distribution bundle, please read file README.git. Note that you have to actually clone the repository; using a snapshot will not work (in other words, don't use gitlab's 'Download' button).

The FreeType 2 API reference is located in directory docs/reference; use the file index.html as the top entry point. [Please note that currently the search function for locally installed documentation doesn't work due to cross-site scripting issues.]

Additional documentation is available as a separate package from our sites. Go to

https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/

and download one of the following files.

freetype-doc-2.14.3.tar.xz freetype-doc-2.14.3.tar.gz ftdoc2143.zip

To view the documentation online, go to

https://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/

Mailing Lists

The preferred way of communication with the FreeType team is using e-mail lists.

general use and discussion: [email protected] engine internals, porting, etc.: [email protected] announcements: [email protected] git repository tracker: [email protected]

The lists are moderated; see

https://freetype.org/contact.html

how to subscribe.

Bugs

Please submit bug reports at

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues

This gitlab instance also supports confidential reports.

Alternatively, but less preferable, you might report bugs by sending an e-mail to the public mailing list [email protected]. Don't forget to submit a detailed explanation of the problem -- there is nothing worse than receiving a terse message that only says 'it doesn't work'.

Patches

For larger changes please provide merge requests at

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/merge_requests

Alternatively, you can send patches to the [email protected] mailing list -- and thank you in advance for your work on improving FreeType!

Details on the process can be found here:

https://freetype.org/developer.html#patches

Enjoy!

The FreeType Team

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Copyright (C) 2006-2026 by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.

This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand and accept it fully.

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