Xft, the X FreeType interface library, is a free computer program library written by Keith Packard.[3][4] It uses the MIT/X license that The Open Group applied after the post X11R6.4 license restoration.[2]
| Original author(s) | Keith Packard |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.3.8[1]  / 17 April 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Type | Software library |
| License | MIT/X license (The Open Group)[2] |
| Website | freedesktop |
It is designed to allow the FreeType font rasterizer to be used with the X Rendering Extension; it is generally employed to use FreeType's anti-aliased fonts with the X Window System. Xft also depends on fontconfig for access to the system fonts.
