The release of FreeType 2.11.0 has been announced, a modular font engine that provides a unified API to standardize the processing and rendering of font data in various vector and raster formats.
Among the changes:
- Development has been moved to the GitLab server of the Freedesktop project. Old repositories on Savannah have been mirrored.
- An additional rendering module has been included, implementing the FT_RENDER_MODE_SDF mode for creating 8-bit SDF (Signed Distance Fields) bitmaps for glyphs.
- An experimental API has been proposed for accessing color fonts COLR v1, implemented using extended OpenType tables with color information.
- Correct processing of PCF raster fonts compressed using the LZW algorithm has been ensured.
- The FT_DEBUG_LOGGING macro has been added for logging debug information.
Source: opennet.ru
