FreeType 2 FAQ

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General
- What is FreeType 2 ?
- What can I do with FreeType 2 ?
- What can't I do with FreeType 2 ?
- How portable is FreeType 2 ?
- What are the differences between FreeType 1.x and FreeType 2 ?
- What about the TrueType patents ?
- Is FreeType 2 backwards compatible to FreeType 1.x?
- Can I use FreeType 2 to edit fonts or create new ones?
Compilation & Configuration
- How do I compile the FreeType 2 library?
- I've tried to compile FreeType 2, but I'm having problems. What can I do ?
- How do I configure my library build?
- How do I select the modules I need?
- How do I compile all FreeType 2 files in a single directory?
The FreeType 2 autohinter
- Under which license is the auto-hinter released?
- How does auto-hinting work in FreeType 2?
- Why doesn't the auto-hinter work well with CJK fonts?
Other questions
- How can I compute the dimensions of glyphs before rendering them ?
- How can I determine the ascent, descent or "x-height" of glyphs before rendering them ?
- How can I set the color of text rendered by FreeType?
- Can I use FreeType to draw text on a pixmap with arbitrary depth?
- I set the pixel size to 8x8, but the resulting glyphs are larger than that. Why?
- How can I compute the bounding box of a text string without loading its glyphs?
- Which anti-aliasing algorithm is used in the FreeType 2 renderer?
- When will FreeType 2 support OpenType?