BSD Ports

graphics/freetype2 2.14.3 NetBSD

Font rendering engine and library API

System
NetBSD
Repository
pkgsrc
Maintainer
[email protected]
Last update
Commit
f4fec227a9
License
gnu-gpl-v2
Categories
graphics
Package size
531.0 KiB, 2713.9 KiB installed

Description

FreeType is a portable, high-quality software solution for digital typography. FreeType 1.3.1 was the last release of the FreeType 1 engine, as the project is now switching to a new version dubbed FreeType 2. It has, among other things, several advantages over FreeType 1:

* A universal and simple API to manage font files * Support for several font formats through loadable drivers * Even more portable * An improved anti-aliasing algorithm

In the other systems

SystemPortVersion
NetBSDgraphics/freetype22.14.3
FreeBSDprint/freetype22.14.3
DragonFlyprint/freetype22.13.3
MidnightBSDprint/freetype22.15.0
HardenedBSDprint/freetype22.14.3
GhostBSDprint/freetype22.14.3
OPNsenseprint/freetype22.14.3

Install

Binary package:

pkgin install freetype2

From pkgsrc:

cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/freetype2 && make install clean

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

RepositoryVersion
NetBSD 10.1 x86_642.14.3
NetBSD 10.1 aarch642.14.3
SmartOS / illumos x86_642.15.0
macOS 15 arm642.15.0

Dependencies

Run dependencies 2
Required by 311

The first 100 are listed.

Commit history 1

DateCommitCreditsLog message
f4fec227a9 wiz freetype2: update to 2.15.0.
CHANGES BETWEEN 2.14.3 and 2.15.0 (2026-Oct-12) I. IMPORTANT CHANGES - Support for the ISO Open Font Format, Edition 5 (released in July 2026) has been contributed by Behdad Esfahbod, using various LLMs for deriving basic code from HarfBuzz and other implementations, followed by manual fine-tuning, mainly for greater speed. . The new 'VARC' table allows a file size reduction of CJK Variation fonts by up to 90%. . OpenType fonts with more than 65536 glyphs can now be handled. The new tables related to this feature are all written with uppercase letters: 'MAXP', 'GLYF', 'LOCA', 'HHEA', 'VHEA', 'HMTX', 'VMTX', 'GVAR', 'DMAP'. . The new 'GLYF' table also supports outlines with mixed cubic and …