freetypev2.14.3

Updated: 2026-04-06

A library to render fonts.

Project website: https://www.freetype.org/

#Usage

freetype is compatible with built-in CMake targets:

find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE Freetype::Freetype) # since CMake 3.10

#License

FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later

#Supported Platforms

All platforms supported.

#Features

Default features: brotli, bzip2, png, zlib

#brotlidefault

Support decompression of WOFF2 streams

Dependencies:

brotli

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

2 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through brotli)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through brotli)

#bzip2default

Support bzip2 compressed fonts.

Dependencies:

bzip2

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

one transitive dependency:

vcpkg-cmake (through bzip2)

#error-strings

Enable support for meaningful error descriptions.

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#pngdefault

Support PNG compressed OpenType embedded bitmaps.

Dependencies:

libpng

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libpng)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libpng)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#subpixel-rendering

Enables subpixel rendering.

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#zlibdefault

Use zlib instead of internal library for DEFLATE

Dependencies:

zlib

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

2 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through zlib)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through zlib)

#Dependencies

No dependencies.

#Host Dependencies

No transitive dependencies.

#Used By

#Host Tool For

No ports use this.

#Contributors

Alexander Karatarakis
Ninetainedo
Robert Schumacher
codicodi
Dale Stammen
Jackie Ng
Mikhail Paulyshka
past-due
Haojia Yu
Voskrese
angelmixu
Lennart Trunk
Helco
Phil Christensen
Simon Hausmann
pravic
wangli28
Jack·Boos·Yu
Kevin Lu
B4rtware
Oleg Shparber
Phoebe
Ken Johnson
Alexander Neumann
Long Nguyen
Peter Steneteg
LRFLEW
autoantwort
Bartosz Taudul
Matthew Oliver
Kai Pastor
Thomas1664
Sean Farrell
DownerCase
Osyotr
Alexandre Bique
toge

#Changelog

a95ba28
a95ba28[freetype] update to 2.14.3 (#50906)
2026-04-06
fd4c30b
fd4c30b[fontconfig/freetype/fribidi] Update versions (#40668)
2024-09-03
0475ca4
0475ca4[freetype] add subpixel-rendering feature (#37443)
2024-03-26
6b6fc76
6b6fc76[freetype] Update to 2.13.2 (#36303)
2024-01-31
3434b0a
3434b0a[Freetype] burn in linkage (#35999)
2024-01-04
6bf5fff
6bf5fff[brotli] Update to v1.1.0 (#33665)
2023-09-26
7d74d8d
7d74d8d[freetype] Fix cmake usage (#28217)
2022-12-14
698ca02
698ca02[freetype] Add feature to include error strings. (#26427)
2022-08-23
a365d44
a365d44[freetype] Fix license (#25980)
2022-07-26
2922c6f
2922c6f[freetype] Update to 2.12.1 (#24866)
2022-05-24

Show 55 earlier changes

cb91b41
cb91b41[cmake-user] Verify library location for debug vs. release, fix ports (#21641)
2022-04-01
9eb76ed
9eb76ed[ freetype2/harfbuzz/sdl2] Update to the latest version (#22586)
2022-01-26
d830a75
d830a75[freetype] Fix wrong brotli linkage (#20849)
2021-10-26
ce52984
ce52984[freetype] Fix building Freetype 2.11 on MSVC. (#20674)
2021-10-22
dd6fd59
dd6fd59[freetype] update to 2.11.0 (#19284)
2021-08-30
21872f7
21872f7[freetype] Update to 2.10.4 (#15334)
2020-12-29
191e01f
191e01f[freetype] avoid target_link_libraries call since qt6 does not like it. (#15112)
2020-12-18
c309037
c309037[freetype] Make zlib and brotli features (#14917)
2020-12-10
f50c0ea
f50c0ea[freetype] Fix INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES in exported cmake file (#14499)
2020-11-12
7fd8104
7fd8104[freetype] static build fix (#13250)
2020-09-03
d355b3f
d355b3f[many ports] Fix various problems with mingw (#12886)
2020-08-21
61c055a
61c055a[brotli] add pkgconfig / [freetype] depend on brotli (#12405)
2020-08-06
4e17c76
4e17c76[freetype] Update to 2.10.2 (#11846)
2020-07-08
8fd3f81
8fd3f81Forgot to bump version in accordance with maintainer guide
2020-04-15
95c2771
95c2771[Freetype] Actually prevent linking HarfBuzz on POSIX
2020-04-15
93045f2
93045f2[freetype] Disabled Harfbuzz check for non-Windows platforms (#10073)
2020-03-10
5f12ffa
5f12ffa[freetype] Remove feature 'harfbuzz' (#9888)
2020-02-11
9a206d9
9a206d9[freetype] Add feature support (#9706)
2020-01-29
0ee4f00
0ee4f00[freetype] use config and the correct alias (#9311)
2020-01-02
cd21e78
cd21e78[freetype] Update to 2.10.1 (#7341)
2019-07-21
327494e
327494e[freetype]Re-fixed the issue of exporting symbols when building dynamic library. (#7141)
2019-07-07
700a3e1
700a3e1[freetype] Upgrade to version 2.10.0 (#7057)
2019-06-30
18b029a
18b029a[WIP] Add a Homepage URL entry for vcpkg ports (#2933)
2019-06-15
388d219
388d219Fix freetype cmake config files (#6754)
2019-06-07
4ce30f9
4ce30f9[freetype] fix issue #5774 (#5853)
2019-03-28
95785e1
95785e1[SDL2_xxx]: Add CMake targets for SDL2 addons (#5754)
2019-03-26
349d82e
349d82e[freetype] fix DLL install on Windows (#5354)
2019-02-12
60deab0
60deab0Update to freetype-2.9.1 (#5292)
2019-02-08
bbb8efe
bbb8efe[freetype] Add mirror (#5073)
2019-01-26
f3ccca0
f3ccca0fix freetype for macOS (#4774)
2019-01-22
43deeaf
43deeafconnected fail (#4375)
2018-10-11
b7f916d
b7f916dfix download url of freetype
2018-06-21
76d6356
76d6356[freetype] Fix build failures when VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE is set
2018-03-19
9f9778c
9f9778c[many ports] Improve behavior on Linux and general cleanup
2018-03-11
353d635
353d635[freetype][harfbuzz] Fix static freetype dependency.
2018-01-18
1b2f75b
1b2f75b[vcpkg] Support \share\<port>\usage to handle libraries which are found through built-in Find Modules.
2017-11-16
e00bb8d
e00bb8d[freetype] update to 2.8.1
2017-11-06
26516fe
26516fevcpkg_configure_cmake (and _meson) now embed debug symbols within static libs (/Z7)
2017-09-09
61ad15c
61ad15c[freetype] update to 2.8
2017-05-24
d4bdf85
d4bdf85[freetype] In static builds, do not use absolute paths in cmake config files.
2017-04-05
11b4f5f
11b4f5fPatch the freetype include directory to the renamed one [freetype2 -> freetype]. Fixes #889
2017-04-05
5082ea5
5082ea5[freetype] Bump version to match source changes for uwp
2017-01-12
0296400
0296400added support for uwp builds
2017-01-09
cff21e0
cff21e0[freetype] specify dependencies
2017-01-05
7e4a57f
7e4a57f[curl] [freetype] [tiff] Add dependencies on zlib. Add curl dependency on openssl.
2016-11-26
351c9a8
351c9a8[curl] [freetype] [tiff] Add dependencies on zlib. Add curl dependency on openssl.
2016-11-26
1808d46
1808d46triplet is now automatically included before portfiles.
2016-11-08
d0a3c79
d0a3c79[freetype] Enable static building
2016-10-31
2058ea5
2058ea5[freetype] Mark as not supporting static yet
2016-10-26
c494892
c494892[freetype] Adjust include paths. Fix cmake config deployment.
2016-10-10
b1fe038
b1fe038Remove use of vcpkg_build_cmake() across all portfiles. Fixes #123
2016-10-06
3679955
3679955Introduce SOURCE_PATH to almost all portfiles
2016-09-28
930d0a7
930d0a7URL and MIRRORS are now URLS
2016-09-25
8cee9c6
8cee9c6Replaced everything concerning MD5 with SHA512
2016-09-22
ccca198
ccca198Initial commit
2016-09-18

#Usage

#License

#Supported Platforms

#Features

#brotlidefault

#bzip2default

#error-strings

#pngdefault

#subpixel-rendering

#zlibdefault

#Dependencies

#Host Dependencies

#Used By

#Host Tool For

#Contributors

#Changelog

#Port Files