freetype2-demos | FreeType 2 demonstration programs | Mehr ...
This package contains some demonstration programs and utilities which showcase the features of the FreeType 2 font engine.
libfreetype6 | FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files | Mehr ...
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free, portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography. They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small, efficient and ubiquitous products. . The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been designed to provide the following important features: * A universal and simple API to manage font files * Support for several font formats through loadable modules * High-quality anti-aliasing * High portability & performance . Supported font formats include: * TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc) * Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format * Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides routines to manage design instances easily * Type 1 CID-keyed fonts * OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts * CFF/Type 2 fonts * Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with the Adobe SVG viewer plugin. * Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts . This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the FreeType 2 library. . Home Page: http://www.freetype.org/ Authors: David Turner Robert Wilhelm Werner Lemberg
libfreetype6-dev | FreeType 2 font engine, development files | Mehr ...
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free, portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography. They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small, efficient and ubiquitous products. . This package contains all supplementary files (static library, headers and documentation) you need to develop your own programs using the FreeType 2 library.