FreeType

FreeType is a pretty cool software font engine that’s all about being small, efficient, and really customizable. It can produce high-quality output, which means you get awesome glyph images!

What Can You Use FreeType For?

You’ll find FreeType used in lots of places! It works great in display servers, font conversion tools, graphics libraries, text image generation tools, and many other products. So whether you're making an app or designing something creative, FreeType has your back.

Understanding Its Role

Now, it’s important to note that FreeType is mainly a font service. This means it doesn’t provide APIs for higher-level tasks like text layout or graphics processing (think colored text rendering or fancy effects). But don’t worry! It makes these tasks easier by giving you a simple and user-friendly interface to access all the content in font files.

Font Formats Supported by FreeType

By default, FreeType supports a bunch of different font formats. Here are some of the most common ones:

• TrueType fonts (and collections)


• Type 1 fonts


• CID-keyed Type 1 fonts


• CFF fonts


• OpenType fonts (both TrueType and CFF variants)


• SFNT-based bitmap fonts


• X11 PCF fonts


• Windows FNT fonts


• BDF fonts (including anti-aliased ones)


• PFR fonts


• Type 42 fonts (with limited support)

If you're interested in checking it out or want to download it yourself, feel free to visit the link: Download FreeType here!