- Jun 10, 2017 FreeType, a freely available software library to render fonts, has reached the 2.8 release. Here’s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu. FreeType 2.8 features complete support for CFF2 and OpenType Variation Fonts, a new function `FTFaceProperties’, 25 more scripts added to the auto-hinter, and various fixes.
- Feb 13, 2018 Project Files. The FreeType source code bundle contains project files for various versions of Microsoft Visual C and Visual Studio for x64, Windows 32, and Windows CE. However, these files have been contributed and might be out of date, thus use them with care. For classic MacOS.
- Jun 23, 2017 Install the App. Press Command+Space and type Terminal and press enter/return key. Run in Terminal app: ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL /dev/null. Run: brew install freetype.
- Modern text rendering: FreeType FreeType is a software development library that is able to load fonts, render them to bitmaps and provide support for several font-related operations. It is a popular library used by Mac OS X, Java, PlayStation Consoles, Linux and Android to name a few.
Mar 17, 2019 Install just the pure Python library and let it find a system-wide installed FreeType at runtime. Freetype should be already installed on your system. If not, either install it using homebrew or compile it and place the library binary file in '/usr/local/lib'. Freetype should be already installed on your system.
About the App
- App name: freetype
- App description: Software library to render fonts
- App website: http://www.freetype.org
Install the App
- Press
Command+Space
and type Terminal and press enter/return key. - Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
and press enter/return key.
If the screen prompts you to enter a password, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. When you type the password, it won't be displayed on screen, but the system would accept it. So just type your password and press ENTER/RETURN key. Then wait for the command to finish. - Run:
brew install freetype
Done! You can now use freetype
.