Editing FreeType (section)

==Users==
FreeType is used as a font renderer in [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[ChromeOS]], [[OpenHarmony]], [[HarmonyOS]].<ref name="blogspot1">{{cite web|url=https://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2013/05/got-cff.html |title= Got CFF? |publisher=Google Open Source Blog |date= 1 May 2013 |access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenHarmony/third_party_freetype |url=https://gitee.com/openharmony/third_party_freetype |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Gitee |language=zh-CN}}</ref> [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] uses FreeType in [[iOS]]<ref name="blogspot1"/> and [[macOS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 |title=About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Update 2012-001 |publisher=Support.apple.com |date=2012-05-31 |access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref> next to [[Apple Advanced Typography]]. In 2007, Sun Microsystems switched from using a proprietary font rasterizer to using FreeType in the [[OpenJDK#Class library|OpenJDK]] [[Java (software platform)|Java]] development kit.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://openjdk.java.net/projects/font-scaler/
|title=Font Scaler
|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> On [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], projects like gdipp<ref>{{cite web |url=https://code.google.com/p/gdipp/ |title=gdipp |access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> and MacType<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/snowie2000/MacType|title=MacType|website=[[GitHub]]|access-date=2016-09-12}}</ref> aim to override the system renderer with FreeType. FreeType is also used as a font renderer in [[ReactOS]].<ref name="lowendmacreview">{{cite web|url=http://lowendmac.com/2014/reactos-a-windows-compatible-alternative-os/ |title=ReactOS: A Windows Compatible Alternative OS |publisher=lowendmac.com |first=Simon |last=Royal |date=2014-02-26 |access-date=2016-01-10 |quote=''While the main core of ReactOS is built from scratch, it has some dependencies on existing software and protocols. It uses parts of Wine, networking in the form of lwIP, USB from Haiku, as well as FreeType, Mesa3D, and [[UniATA]].''}}</ref>

As well as being used by the major free software desktop systems, FreeType has been used as a rasterization engine for some modern [[video game]]s,<ref>Games company [[Relic Entertainment]] has used FreeType for their games [[Dawn of War]] and [[Company of Heroes]], as can be seen in the credits on the loading screens.</ref><ref>FreeType has also been implemented in the [[List of American Girl video games|American Girl]] games for the PC such as ''A Treehouse of My Own'' and ''Julie Saves The Eagles''.</ref><ref>Games company [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] has also used FreeType for [[Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown]], as can be seen in the copyright section.</ref> and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] for the [[Wii]].<ref>Opera 9 for the [[Wii]] console uses FreeType, as can be seen by looking at the "Third-party information" page which can be found on the Wii via: [[Internet Channel]] > Operations Guide > About > Opera 9 for Wii&nbsp;— Third-party information</ref> Sony ships FreeType with its [[PlayStation 3]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scei.co.jp/ps3-license/index.html |title=PlayStation 3 License |publisher=Scei.co.jp |access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref> [[PlayStation 4]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scei.co.jp/ps4-license/index.html |title=Open Source Software used in PlayStation®4 |publisher=Scei.co.jp |access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref> and [[PlayStation Vita]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scei.co.jp/psvita-license/index.html |title=Open Source Software used in PlayStation®Vita |publisher=Scei.co.jp |access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref> consoles.

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