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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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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.