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Xft is a Free library written by Keith Packard. "Xft" stands for "X FreeType interface library. As of version 2.1, it is licensed under a quasi-BSD license. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... This article is about free software as defined by the sociopolitical free software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. ... In computer science, a library is a collection of subprograms used to develop software. ... Keith Packard is a software developer, best known for his work on the X Window System. ... KDE 3. ... FreeType is a software library that implements a font engine. ... An interface defines the communication boundary between two entities, such as a piece of software, a hardware device, or a user. ... The BSD license is a permissive license and is one of the most widely used free software licenses. ...

It is designed to allow the FreeType rasterizer to be used with the X Rendering Extension; it is generally employed to use FreeType's antialiased fonts with the X Window system. Xft also depends on fontconfig for access to the system fonts. Xrender (aka X Rendering Extension) introduces digital image composition as the foundation of a new rendering model within the X Window System. ... fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and application access. ...

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• A tutorial by the author