Editing FreeType (section)

{{Short description|Software library for font rasterisation and rendering}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = FreeType
| developer              = David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, Werner Lemberg<ref name="osnews-dt-interview">{{cite web
  | url        = https://www.osnews.com/story/18166/Interview-with-David-Turner-of-Freetype/
  | title      = Interview with David Turner of Freetype
  | date       = June 28, 2007
  | work       = OSNews
  | access-date = March 31, 2011
  | ref        = I was quickly contacted by Robert Wilhelm, and later by Werner Lemberg who helped me tremendously manage the project. Robert retired from the team a long time ago, but Werner is still very actively maintaining FreeType}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | url        = https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/plain/docs/FTL.TXT
  | title      = The FreeType Project LICENSE
  | date       = January 27, 2006
  | work       = FreeType
  | format     = text
  | access-date = March 31, 2011}}</ref> and FreeType contributors
| logo                   = [[File:Freetype logo new.svg|360px]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996}}<ref name="history">{{cite web
 | url        = https://freetype.org/history.html
 | title      = FreeType History
 | date       = 2013-07-02
 | access-date = 2014-08-06}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| operating system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| genre                  = [[Library (computing)|Software development library]]: [[Font rasterization]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]] / [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/plain/docs/FTL.TXT FreeType License]
| website                = {{URL|https://freetype.org}}
}}

{{Multiple image |width=250 |direction = vertical
|image1=Subpixel e.png|alt1=A lower case e
|image2=Subpixel is.png|alt2=A lower case is
|image3=Subpixel w.png||alt3=A lower case w|caption3=Lower case '''e''', '''is''', and '''w''' subpixel rendered with FreeType}}

'''FreeType''' is a [[library (computer science)|software development library]] used to [[Rendering (computer graphics)|render text]] onto [[bitmap]]s, and which provides support for other font-related operations. The FreeType [[font rasterization]] engine is [[free and open-source software]] with the [[source code]] [[dual-license]]d under a [[BSD-like license]] and the [[GPL]]. FreeType supports a number of font formats, including [[TrueType]], [[Type 1 font|Type 1]], and [[OpenType]].<ref name="freetype2">{{cite web |url=http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/index.html#features |title=FreeType 2 Overview |date=July 4, 2010 |work=FreeType 2 |publisher=SourceForge, Inc. |at=Features |access-date=March 31, 2011 |ref=features}}</ref>