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FreeType 
A freely available software library to render fonts.
❮ Website ❯ ❮ Install ❯ ❮ Changes ❯ ❮ Documentation ❯ ❮ API ❯ ❮ License ❯
FreeType is a C library, 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.
Documentation
The FreeType 2 API reference for the latest release, along with additional documentation can be found online at:
Refer to DOCGUIDE for more information.
Repo Mirrors
FreeType's official git repository is located at
from which the 'freetype.git' and 'freetype-demos.git' repositories can be cloned in the usual way.
FreeType:
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype.git
FreeType-demos:
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype-demos.git
If you want to use the Savannah mirror instead, you have to do a slightly different incantation because the repository names contain digit '2' for historical reasons.
git clone https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/freetype/freetype2.git
git clone https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/freetype/freetype2-demos.git
Compiling FreeType
FreeType supports compilation via meson, GNU make and CMake
Refer to INSTALL for more information.
Licensing
FreeType is dual-licensed under the FTL and GPLv2.
Refer to LICENSE for more information.
Reporting Issues
Please submit bug reports at
If you have suggestions for improving FreeType, they should be sent
to the freetype-devel mailing list.
Improving FreeType
For instructions on compiling FreeType, see INSTALL.
Please send merge requests to our gitlab repo at:
Alternatively, you can send patches to the freetype-devel mailing list.
Details on the process can be found here:
Any non-trivial contribution should first be discussed with the maintainers
via the freetype-devel mailing list.
Contact
The preferred way of communication with the FreeType team is using mailing lists.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| freetype@nongnu.org | General use and discussion |
| freetype-devel@nongnu.org | Engine internals, Porting etc |
| freetype-announce@nongnu.org | Announcements |
| freetype-commit@nongnu.org | Git repository track |
The lists are moderated
Code of Conduct
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct (CoC). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms, which you can find in the following link:
CoC issues may be raised to the project maintainers at the following address:
Copyright (C) 2006-2023 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.