1FreeType 2.12.1 2=============== 3 4Homepage: https://www.freetype.org 5 6FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts. 7 8It is written in C, designed to be small, efficient, highly 9customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality 10output (glyph images) of most vector and bitmap font formats. 11 12Please read the `docs/CHANGES` file, it contains IMPORTANT 13INFORMATION. 14 15Read the files `docs/INSTALL*` for installation instructions; see the 16file `docs/LICENSE.TXT` for the available licenses. 17 18For using FreeType's git repository instead of a distribution bundle, 19please read file `README.git`. 20 21The FreeType 2 API reference is located in directory `docs/reference`; 22use the file `index.html` as the top entry point. [Please note that 23currently the search function for locally installed documentation 24doesn't work due to cross-site scripting issues.] 25 26Additional documentation is available as a separate package from our 27sites. Go to 28 29 https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/ 30 31and download one of the following files. 32 33 freetype-doc-2.12.1.tar.xz 34 freetype-doc-2.12.1.tar.gz 35 ftdoc2121.zip 36 37To view the documentation online, go to 38 39 https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/ 40 41 42Mailing Lists 43------------- 44 45The preferred way of communication with the FreeType team is using 46e-mail lists. 47 48 general use and discussion: freetype@nongnu.org 49 engine internals, porting, etc.: freetype-devel@nongnu.org 50 announcements: freetype-announce@nongnu.org 51 git repository tracker: freetype-commit@nongnu.org 52 53The lists are moderated; see 54 55 https://www.freetype.org/contact.html 56 57how to subscribe. 58 59 60Bugs 61---- 62 63Please submit bug reports at 64 65 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues 66 67Alternatively, you might report bugs by e-mail to 68`freetype-devel@nongnu.org`. Don't forget to send a detailed 69explanation of the problem -- there is nothing worse than receiving a 70terse message that only says 'it doesn't work'. 71 72 73Patches 74------- 75 76For larger changes please provide merge requests at 77 78 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/merge_requests 79 80Alternatively, you can send patches to the `freetype-devel@nongnu.org` 81mailing list -- and thank you in advance for your work on improving 82FreeType! 83 84Details on the process can be found here: 85 86 https://www.freetype.org/developer.html#patches 87 88 89Enjoy! 90 91 The FreeType Team 92 93---------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 95Copyright (C) 2006-2022 by 96David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. 97 98This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, 99modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project 100license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute 101this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand 102and accept it fully. 103 104 105--- end of README --- 106