FreeType
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FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts. It is written in C, 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.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for media-libs/freetype High-quality and portable font engine
+adobe-cff
|
Use Adobe CFF as default font-renderer |
+cleartype-hinting
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Bytecode hinting mode for TrueType fonts that activates subpixel hinting (a.k.a. ClearType hinting) by default |
+png
|
Add support for libpng (PNG images) |
X
|
Add support for X11 |
brotli
|
Enable Brotli compression support |
bzip2
|
Support bzip2 compressed PCF fonts. |
debug
|
Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces |
doc
|
Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally |
fontforge
|
Install internal headers required for TrueType debugger in media-gfx/fontforge (built with USE=truetype-debugger) |
harfbuzz
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Use media-libs/harfbuzz for auto-hinting OpenType fonts. WARNING: may trigger circular dependencies! |
infinality
|
Enable infinality options for improved LCD filtering |
static-libs
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Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well |
svg
|
Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) |
utils
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Install utilities and examples from ft2demos |
Emerge
root #emerge --ask media-libs/freetypeUsage
As FreeType is a library, it generally isn't used directly, but via other software. However, if the utils USE flag is enabled, a number of command-line utilities will be installed:
| Program | Description |
|---|---|
| ftbench(1) | Benchmark some common FreeType paths |
| ftdiff(1) | Compare font hinting modes |
| ftdump(1) | Simple font dumper |
| ftgamma(1) | Screen gamma calibration helper |
| ftgrid(1) | Simple glyph grid viewer |
| ftlint(1) | Simple font tester |
| ftmulti(1) | Multiple masters font viewer |
| ftsdf(1) | A Signed Distance Fields viewer |
| ftstring(1) | String viewer |
| ftvalid(1) | Font layout table validator |
| ftview(1) | Simple glyph viewer |
Note that the ftinspect utility, introduced in FreeType 2.13.0, does not get installed; refer to bug #903087.
See also
- Fonts — home page for information about using fonts on Gentoo
- Fonts/Background — a quick and informal introduction to font-related concepts, terminology, and systems, with the aim of facilitating understanding and solving font-related issues
- Fonts/Software — list of end-user software for working with fonts