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diff --git a/data/_freetype/_metadata/libfreetype-dev/description b/data/_freetype/_metadata/libfreetype-dev/description new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9a85ff3ec --- /dev/null +++ b/data/_freetype/_metadata/libfreetype-dev/description @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +FreeType 2 font engine, development files +The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free, portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography. They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small, efficient and ubiquitous products. + +The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been designed to provide the following important features: + * A universal and simple API to manage font files + * Support for several font formats through loadable modules + * High-quality anti-aliasing + * High portability & performance + +Supported font formats include: + * TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc) + * Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format + * Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides routines to manage design instances easily + * Type 1 CID-keyed fonts + * OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts + * CFF/Type 2 fonts + * Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with the Adobe SVG viewer plugin. + * Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts + +This package contains all of the supplementary files you need to develop your own programs using the FreeType 2 library. + + Home Page: http://www.freetype.org/ + Authors: David Turner <david.turner@freetype.org> + Robert Wilhelm <robert.wilhelm@freetype.org> + Werner Lemberg <werner.lemberg@freetype.org> |