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freetype を Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, apt でインストール

freetype のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

インストールコマンドセキュリティノート

インストール

追加のインストールコマンド

macOS

Homebrew確認済み · 100%
brew install freetype

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts確認済み · 94%
sudo port install freetype

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apk確認済み · 92%
sudo apk add freetype

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

Fedora dnf確認済み · 92%
sudo dnf install freetype

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · freetype · ソース: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix確認済み · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#freetype

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

Debian apt確認済み · 92%
sudo apt install freetype2-demos

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

概要

パッケージ概要

Software library to render fonts

コマンドとエイリアス

  • freetype-config

履歴

プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

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.

プロジェクトの歴史

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.

採用の歴史

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.

使われ方

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.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

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.

タイムライン

  • 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.

セキュリティ状態

リスクレベル: グリーン

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

リスク分類器

リスク グリーン · 信頼度 低 · appliance

理由

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:library-like

インストール挙動

  • formula メタデータに Homebrew post-install フックは記録されていません。
  • Homebrew bottle メタデータは 6 個のプラットフォームターゲットで利用できます。
  • 1 件の実行時依存関係とともにインストールされます。
  • ビルドメタデータには 1 件のビルド依存関係があります。

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実行可能ファイル

インストールされる実行可能ファイル

コマンド種類公開範囲メモ
freetype-configcliグローバル実行可能ファイル

鮮度

バージョンと鮮度

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ページ生成日2026-07-10
マネージャ版2.14.3
マネージャ更新日
ローカルデータOK
上流not checked
検出された最新未検出

https://www.freetype.org/

  • 情報No package-manager update timestamp was available.信頼度 低
  • 情報Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.freetype.org/信頼度 none

インストールメタデータ

パッケージメタデータ

パッケージキーbrew:freetype
バージョン2.14.3
パッケージマネージャHomebrew
パッケージマネージャページhttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/freetype
ホームページhttps://www.freetype.org/
リポジトリhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype
上流ドキュメントhttps://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/documentation.html
ライセンスFTL
ソースアーカイブhttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/2.14.3/freetype-2.14.3.tar.xz
依存関係libpng
ビルド依存関係pkgconf
macOS 提供ライブラリbzip2
Bottle利用可能 (対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install未定義
サービス宣言なし

レジストリ情報

ソースデータベース詳細

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

ソースデータベース一致

他のパッケージマネージャ記録

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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 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • 1 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • 1 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 4 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: 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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