# FreeType-2.1.8 API Reference

# Table of Contents

## Core API

- Basic Data Types | The basic data types defined by the library.
  Base Interface | The FreeType 2 base font interface.
  Glyph Management | Generic interface to manage individual glyph data.
  Mac-Specific Interface | Only available on the Macintosh.
  Size management | Managing multiple sizes per face
  Header File Macros | Macro definitions used to #include specific header files.

## Format-Specific API

- Multiple Masters | How to manage Multiple Masters fonts.
  TrueType Tables | TrueType-specific table types and functions.
  Type 1 Tables | Type 1 (PostScript) specific font tables.
  SFNT Names | Access the names embedded in TrueType and OpenType files.
  BDF Fonts | BDF-specific APIs
  PFR Fonts | PFR/TrueDoc specific APIs

## Cache Sub-System

- Cache Sub-System | How to cache face, size, and glyph data with FreeType 2.

## Support API

- Computations | Crunching fixed numbers and vectors
  List Processing | Simple management of lists.
  Outline Processing | Functions to create, transform, and render vectorial glyph images.
  Scanline converter | How vectorial outlines are converted into bitmaps and pixmaps.
  System Interface | How FreeType manages memory and i/o.
  Module Management | How to add, upgrade, and remove modules from FreeType.

## Miscellaneous

- Window FNT Fonts | Windows FNT specific APIs
  LZW Streams | Using LZW-compressed font files
  GZIP Streams | Using gzip-compressed font files

## Global Index

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