Welcome to the documentation directory of FreeType. Here are short overview where you can find which information. apiref.txt FreeType high-level API reference. All the types, functions, and error codes of FreeType. .................................................................. apirefx.txt The API reference of FreeType extensions which come with the library itself. .................................................................. bitmaps.txt How to render a glyph outline into a bitmap. .................................................................. changes.txt Guess what :-) .................................................................. convntns.txt The FreeType developer's conventions guide. Lists the design and coding conventions used in the engine's source code. This file is incomplete but contains information that should be read by any person willing to hack the FreeType code. .................................................................. credits A list of persons who have contributed to FreeType. .................................................................. glyphs.htm An introduction to glyphs in general, its usage in glyphs.txt TrueType, and how FreeType handles them. The file `glyphs.txt' is a simple text dump (done with Netscape) of glyphs.htm. .................................................................. i18n.txt A short introduction to the GNU gettext package. .................................................................. porting.txt The FreeType porting guide. All you need to configure and adapt very easily FreeType's source code to tailor it to your own platform. Learn how to provide your own memory, i/o, and mutex components, optimally fitted to your system. See how you can build a singly-threaded, thread-safe, or re-entrant version of the engine from the same source code! .................................................................. raster.txt The scan-line converter's internals explained. The document is still incomplete but presents many key concepts. .................................................................. threads.txt How to use threads with FreeType. .................................................................. user.txt FreeType's user guide. A guide to FreeType's concepts, a step by step example, and a note about future works and projects. .................................................................. FAQ The new up-to-date FreeType FAQ. Look here first if you have problems with the library. .................................................................. TODO Things which probably will come, which would be nice to have, problems still here, etc. These documents will probably come later. develop.txt The FreeType developer's guide. All you need to know in order to be able to understand and even hack the engine's core source code. extend.txt The FreeType extension writer's how-to. All you need to be able to provide new extensions to the engine. undoc.txt Undocumented TrueType! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the TrueType specification is fuzzy and misleading enough to disband some serious commercial developers, but that wasn't enough for us. Even though it took some time (aaargh...), we finally discovered through hard work the real meanings of the specs, fixed some errors and even found surprising undocumented behaviour or features! --- end of readme.txt ---