Xft
Xft, the X FreeType interface library, is a free computer program library written by Keith Packard.[2] [3] It uses the MIT/X license that The Open Group applied after the post X11R6.4 license restoration.[1]
| Original author(s) | Keith Packard |
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| Stable release | 2.3.3
/ March 16, 2019 |
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| Type | Software library |
| License | MIT/X license (The Open Group)[1] |
| Website | freedesktop |
It is designed to allow the FreeType rasterizer to be used with the X Rendering Extension; it is generally employed to use FreeType's anti-aliased fonts with the X Window System. Xft also depends on fontconfig for access to the system fonts.
References
- "X/MIT Licenses". XFree86 4.0.1. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- Keith Packard (2001-11-08). "The Xft Font Library: Architecture and Users Guide". Proceedings of the 5th annual conference on Linux Showcase & Conference. USENIX Association. 5: 22–22.
- Roderick W. Smith. Linux in a Windows World. O'Reilly. p. 458.
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