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What FreeType's rasterizer notes, formats list and licence files say about turning glyph…
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What this guide covers
A documentary reading of nine FreeType repository files, for people who want to understand how a font engine fills glyph outlines and what its licence files and build pages name. It is based on the files alone: nothing was installed, built or run, and the notes do not cover anti-aliasing.
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Guide title
What FreeType's rasterizer notes, formats list and licence files say about turning glyph outlines into bitmaps
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A documentary reading of nine FreeType repository files, for people who want to understand how a font engine fills glyph outlines and what its licence files and build pages name. It is based on the files alone: nothing was installed, built or run, and the notes do not cover anti-aliasing.
Useful starting points
- In the formats list, a missing driver entry means FreeType does not support that format yet, so check the entry before assuming a font file will load.
- The rasterizer notes assume scaling, rotating and hinting are already done, so they describe only the outline-to-bitmap step.
- FreeType's licence page offers two licences to choose from; choose one and follow all of its terms, and read the files themselves before reuse.
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