fontconfig
Sign in to saveFontconfig is a free software program library designed to provide configuration, enumeration and substitution of fonts to other programs. Fontconfig was originally written and maintained by Keith Packard, and is currently maintained by Behdad Esfahbod.
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Within Vinony's link graph, fontconfig is referenced by 53 other articles, and connects out to X.Org Server, font and software library.
It is catalogued under topics including Freedesktop.org libraries, Free software programmed in C and Software using the MIT license.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Fontconfig
- Software.author
- Keith Packard
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.operating system
- Unix-like systems
- Software.genre
- Font handling library
- Software.license
- MIT
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free and open-source software
- Official website
- www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig
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- source code repository URL
- github.com/freedesktop/fontconfig
- software version identifier
- 2.17.1
- programmed in
- C
- operating system
- Unix-like operating system
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Usage
- Configuration
- Utilities
- See also
- References
- External links
Fontconfig is a free software program library designed to provide configuration, enumeration and substitution of fonts to other programs. Fontconfig was originally written and maintained by Keith Packard, and is currently maintained by Behdad Esfahbod.
Fontconfig is typically used on graphical Linux (and other Unix-like) desktops, such as Xorg and Wayland, where it remains an important part of handling fonts. However, it is also sometimes used on other platforms, notably including Windows versions of software that use Pango for laying out and rendering text, such as GIMP.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fontconfig” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.