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Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install freetype

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install freetype

MacPorts ports tree · print/freetype/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add freetype

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · freetype · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install freetype

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · freetype · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#freetype

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fr/freetype/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install freetype2-demos

Debian stable package indexes · freetype2-demos · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Software library to render fonts

Befehle und Aliase

  • freetype-config

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

FreeType is a portable C library for rendering fonts, especially vector and bitmap font formats. It is a foundational graphics dependency: users rarely invoke it directly, but desktop stacks, browsers, games, document renderers, and toolkits depend on the library to turn fonts into glyph images.

Projektgeschichte

The official history says David Turner created FreeType in 1996 to render TrueType fonts, including a TrueType bytecode interpreter. Robert Wilhelm ported it to C in 1997, Werner Lemberg joined the team, and the Pascal version ended development in 2000.

FreeType 2.0 was released in 2000 after beta releases as a complete modular rewrite. It added support for multiple font formats, including PostScript fonts, improved gray-level rendering, and glyph image and metrics caching.

The project later narrowed its scope around 2004 to creating rasterized glyph images, leaving text shaping and layout to higher-level libraries such as ICU and HarfBuzz. In 2009 the repository moved from CVS to git, and Werner Lemberg became the sole maintainer with outside contributions.

Adoptionsgeschichte

FreeType 1 influenced OS/2 and TeX tooling through FreeType/2 and ttf2pk, according to the official history. FreeType 2's narrower rendering focus made it a durable low-level dependency rather than a complete text-layout engine.

Its adoption is visible through its role as a tiny, efficient, portable renderer used by other software rather than as an end-user program. The README emphasizes portability, customization, and high-quality output across most vector and bitmap font formats.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers use FreeType through its C API to load font faces, inspect glyph metrics, rasterize glyph images, and integrate font rendering into larger graphics or document pipelines. The official documentation includes glyph conventions, a tutorial, API reference, design notes, and hinting documentation.

Packaged FreeType usually exposes headers, libraries, freetype-config for legacy build integration, and documentation. It does not have a normal user config file or credential store.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

FreeType is one of the archetypal invisible dependencies; upgrading it can affect font rendering across a whole system. Package maintainers care about ABI stability, optional rendering features, patent-era historical choices around hinting, and coordination with HarfBuzz and graphics stacks.

Its history also explains an important Unix packaging boundary: FreeType renders glyphs, while shaping and layout live elsewhere. That division is why FreeType and HarfBuzz so often travel together in dependency graphs.

Zeitleiste

  • 1996: David Turner created FreeType to render TrueType fonts.
  • 1997: Robert Wilhelm ported FreeType to C and Werner Lemberg joined the team.
  • 2000: FreeType 2.0 released as a modular rewrite; Pascal version development stopped.
  • 2004: Project scope narrowed to rasterized glyph images, leaving shaping and layout to libraries above FreeType.
  • 2009: Source repository migrated from CVS to git; Werner Lemberg became the only maintainer.
  • 2026: FreeType 2.14.3 README identifies the current project as a small, efficient, customizable, portable C font rendering library.

Related projects

  • HarfBuzz is the shaping library explicitly referenced by the official history as a better layer above FreeType for text shaping.
  • ICU is also named by the official history as a higher-level library for text layout concerns.
  • ttf2pk and FreeType/2 are historical FreeType 1 related projects highlighted by the official history.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:library-like

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
freetype-configcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version2.14.3
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://www.freetype.org/

  • InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
  • InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.freetype.org/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:freetype
Version2.14.3
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/freetype
Homepagehttps://www.freetype.org/
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/documentation.html
LizenzFTL
Quellarchivhttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/2.14.3/freetype-2.14.3.tar.xz
Abhängigkeitenlibpng
Build-Abhängigkeitenpkgconf
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliothekenbzip2
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namefreetype
Aliases
  • freetype2
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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Debian apt95%

freetype2-demos 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1

FreeType 2 demonstration programs

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install freetype2-demos
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: freetype2-demos from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

freetype2-doc 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1

FreeType 2 font engine, development documentation

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install freetype2-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: freetype2-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libfreetype-dev 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1

FreeType 2 font engine, development files

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install libfreetype-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 8 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfreetype-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libfreetype6 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1

FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install libfreetype6
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfreetype6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

freetype

nix profile install nixpkgs#freetype
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/freetype/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

freetype2-demos 2.13.2+dfsg-1build3

FreeType 2 demonstration programs

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install freetype2-demos
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 4 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: freetype2-demos from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

freetype2-doc 2.13.2+dfsg-1build3

FreeType 2 font engine, development documentation

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install freetype2-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: freetype2-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libfreetype-dev 2.13.2+dfsg-1build3

FreeType 2 font engine, development files

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install libfreetype-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 8 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfreetype-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libfreetype6 2.13.2+dfsg-1build3

FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files

https://freetype.org

sudo apt install libfreetype6
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 5 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfreetype6 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

freetype 2.14.3-r0

TrueType font rendering library

https://www.freetype.org/

sudo apk add freetype
  • License: FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: freetype from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

freetype-demos 2.14.3-r0

A collection of FreeType demos

https://www.freetype.org/

sudo apk add freetype-demos
  • License: FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: freetype-demos from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

freetype-dev 2.14.3-r0

TrueType font rendering library (development files)

https://www.freetype.org/

sudo apk add freetype-dev
  • License: FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: freetype-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

freetype-doc 2.14.3-r0

TrueType font rendering library (documentation)

https://www.freetype.org/

sudo apk add freetype-doc
  • License: FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: freetype-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

freetype-static 2.14.3-r0

TrueType font rendering library (static library)

https://www.freetype.org/

sudo apk add freetype-static
  • License: FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: freetype-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

freetype 2.14.3-1.fc45

A free and portable font rendering engine

http://www.freetype.org

sudo dnf install freetype
  • License: (FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later) AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND MIT-Modern-Variant AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND Zlib
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 8 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: freetype from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

freetype-demos 2.14.3-1.fc45

A collection of FreeType demos

http://www.freetype.org

sudo dnf install freetype-demos
  • License: (FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later) AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND MIT-Modern-Variant AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND Zlib
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: freetype
  • 7 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Freetype
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: freetype-demos from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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