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DerelictFT

DerelictFT provides both static and dynamic bindings to the Freetype library.

Releases

The DUB package name of DerelictFT is derelict-ft.

The current DUB package version is ~>2.0.0-beta.

The following table shows the correlation between DerelictFT releases (the most recent patch release of each major.minor series), its corresponding git branch, FreeType versions, and DerelictUtil versions. The latest release is listed at the top and is the recommended version. When using DerelictFT with other Derelict packages, please ensure all of the Derelict packages use the same DerelictUtil major.minor series.

DerelictFT Version	git Branch	FreeType Version	DerelictUtil Version	Supported
2.0.0-beta	master/2.0	2.6.x - 2.7.x	3.0.x	✔
1.1.3	[2.6]	2.6.x	2.0.x	✔ (bugfix only)
1.0.2	2.5	2.5.x	1.0.x	✖

All new development happens on the master branch. Pull requests and issues reported on unsupported branches will be ignored. DerelictFT does not support a static binding configuration.

Using DerelictFT

See the generic documentation on Compiling and Linking for generic information on incorporating any Derelict package in your project.

Obtaining the FreeType binaries

Precompiled binaries for Windows can be downloaded from the FreeType download page. Binaries compiled with both Visual Studio and MinGW can be used with DerelictFT.

Windows binaries for Visual Studio are also available via NuGet and vcpkg.

Binaries for Mac OS X can be obtained through Homebrew or MacPorts.

Binaries for other systems can be obtained through the system package manager.

The FreeType sources can be downloaded from the FreeType download page.

Loading the FreeType library

DerelictFT is a dynamic binding, so the functions from the FreeType library must be loaded at runtime via a call to the loader. As with most Derelict packages, the loader in DerelictFT is called DerelictFT. It can be loaded like so:

import derelict.freetype;
// Alternatively:
// import derelict.freetype.ft;

void main() {
    DerelictFT.load();
}