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1 This is a port of the Freetype font rasterizer (www.freetype.org) to the Go | 1 This is a port of the Freetype font rasterizer (www.freetype.org) to the Go |
2 programming language (golang.org). | 2 programming language (golang.org). |
3 | 3 |
| 4 To download and install from source: |
| 5 $ go get code.google.com/p/freetype-go/freetype |
| 6 |
4 It is an incomplete port: | 7 It is an incomplete port: |
5 * It only supports TrueType fonts, and not Type 1 fonts nor bitmap fonts. | 8 * It only supports TrueType fonts, and not Type 1 fonts nor bitmap fonts. |
6 * It only supports the Unicode encoding. | 9 * It only supports the Unicode encoding. |
7 | 10 |
8 There are also some implementation differences: | 11 There are also some implementation differences: |
9 * It uses a 24.8 fixed point co-ordinate system everywhere internally, | 12 * It uses a 24.8 fixed point co-ordinate system everywhere internally, |
10 as opposed to the original Freetype's mix of 26.6 (or 10.6 for 16-bit | 13 as opposed to the original Freetype's mix of 26.6 (or 10.6 for 16-bit |
11 systems) in some places, and 24.8 in the "smooth" rasterizer. | 14 systems) in some places, and 24.8 in the "smooth" rasterizer. |
12 | 15 |
13 Freetype-Go is derived from Freetype, which is written in C. Freetype is | 16 Freetype-Go is derived from Freetype, which is written in C. Freetype is |
14 copyright 1996-2010 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. | 17 copyright 1996-2010 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. |
15 Freetype-Go is copyright The Freetype-Go Authors, who are listed in the | 18 Freetype-Go is copyright The Freetype-Go Authors, who are listed in the |
16 AUTHORS file. | 19 AUTHORS file. |
17 | 20 |
18 The Freetype-Go homepage is http://code.google.com/p/freetype-go/ | 21 The Freetype-Go homepage is http://code.google.com/p/freetype-go/ |
19 | 22 |
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