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FreeType Version¶
Synopsis¶
Note that those functions and macros are of limited use because even a new release of FreeType with only documentation changes increases the version number.
FT_Library_Version¶
Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
FT_EXPORT( void )
FT_Library_Version( FT_Library library,
FT_Int *amajor,
FT_Int *aminor,
FT_Int *apatch );
Return the version of the FreeType library being used. This is useful when dynamically linking to the library, since one cannot use the macros FREETYPE_MAJOR
, FREETYPE_MINOR
, and FREETYPE_PATCH
.
input
library |
A source library handle. |
output
amajor |
The major version number. |
aminor |
The minor version number. |
apatch |
The patch version number. |
note
The reason why this function takes a library
argument is because certain programs implement library initialization in a custom way that doesn't use FT_Init_FreeType
.
In such cases, the library version might not be available before the library object has been created.
FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents¶
Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
Deprecated, does nothing.
input
face |
A face handle. |
return
Always returns false.
note
Since May 2010, TrueType hinting is no longer patented.
since
2.3.5
FT_Face_SetUnpatentedHinting¶
Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
Deprecated, does nothing.
input
face |
A face handle. |
value |
New boolean setting. |
return
Always returns false.
note
Since May 2010, TrueType hinting is no longer patented.
since
2.3.5
FREETYPE_XXX¶
Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
#define FREETYPE_MAJOR 2
#define FREETYPE_MINOR 10
#define FREETYPE_PATCH 2
These three macros identify the FreeType source code version. Use FT_Library_Version
to access them at runtime.
values
FREETYPE_MAJOR |
The major version number. |
FREETYPE_MINOR |
The minor version number. |
FREETYPE_PATCH |
The patch level. |
note
The version number of FreeType if built as a dynamic link library with the ‘libtool’ package is not controlled by these three macros.