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FreeType for Windows

  • Free
  • In English
  • V2.10.2
  • 4.5
  • (3)

Free font engine for easy rendering of fonts, texts, and glyphs

This engine is a portable font library that acts as an add-on, similar to ImageJ and Adobe InDesign. It has functionality beyond that installed as standard, and enables users to render and design fonts professionally.

Customizable font engine for use with graphic design tools and graphics libraries

Every operating system comes with a set of functions for basic font design, but graphic designers need more options than just basic font size and style. The Freetype Project aims to provide a library of customizable fonts that complements graphics libraries, image servers, and text design applications. It is a uniform interface that enables users to access, catalogue and render the content of font files for different end-users.

Font rendering made easy

Where a random database may present difficulty to users attempting to design a font for use across a wide array of platforms, Freetype presents a one-stop solution that is fully portable across operating systems; it renders fonts to bitmap to ensure the font maintains its kerning using the processes of hinting and rasterization.

For website and graphic designers, finding a design makes no sense at different screen resolutions or on different devices is a recurring nightmare. This tool takes the stress out of multi-platform rendering by guiding the process through a single interface.

A program specifically designed for font rendering.

Freetype may not be able to tackle other aspects of graphic design, but its focus is its best point. It is compatible through all major operating systems, meaning Freetype is present on over a billion devices. Freetype is the definitive open-source font rendering software for ensuring this aspect of graphic and website design is fully device and system compatible.

  • Pros

    • Compatible with all C and C++ operating systems
    • Regularly updated
    • Uniform interface
  • Cons

    • Only a font API
    • No higher-level functions
    • Very focussed, so unable to tackle wider graphic design tasks
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App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    2.10.2

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Windows

  • OS

    Windows 10

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    124

  • Size

    4.10 MB

  • Developer

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FreeType for PC

  • Free
  • In English
  • V2.10.2
  • 4.5
  • (3)

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