Short: Shared freetype2.library package Author: AROS Team, AmigaOS3 compile by Georg Steger , packaged by Andreas Falkenhahn Uploader: Andreas Falkenhahn Type: util/libs Version: 1.3 Requires: 68020 Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.0 freetype2 for AmigaOS3 ====================== freetype2.library is the de facto standard for using true type fonts on MorphOS, AROS, and AmigaOS4. MorphOS' and AROS' freetype2.library uses the same code. On OS4 the library is called ft2.library and has been developed in isolation from the AROS and MorphOS libraries. However, all three libraries use the freetype2 engine (www.freetype.org) as the true type kernel. freetype2.library is just a font engine for the bullet API defined by Commodore. This means that all programs which can handle bullet API compatible font engines are now also magically able to handle true type fonts. You can add and remove fonts to the system by using the FTManager program which is also included in this package. This package comes with freetype2.library, FTManager, and some popular free fonts from Bitstream (Vera Sans, Vera Serif, Vera Mono). These fonts also come with AmigaOS4, MorphOS, and AROS so it is good to have them on your AmigaOS3 system too because they have become somewhat of a standard now. Not a standard like topaz/8 but still. ;-) For convenience's sake an installer has been included which will simply copy freetype2.library to LIBS:, FTManager to Sys:System and the bonus fonts to FONTS:. This version of freetype2.library is a port of the AROS freetype2.library. The AmigaOS3 versions of freetype2.library and FTManager was compiled by Georg Steger . This package and the installer were put together by Andreas Falkenhahn .