Xft
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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.
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.
[edit] References
- Keith Packard (2001-11-08). "The Xft Font Library: Architecture and Users Guide". Proceedings of the 5th annual conference on Linux Showcase & Conference 5.
- Roderick W. Smith. Linux in a Windows World. O'Reilly, 458.
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