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FreeType Version
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p>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.<
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a name="FREETYPE_XXX">FREETYPE_XXX<
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Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
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#define <
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2
#define <
a href="ft2-version.html#FREETYPE_XXX">FREETYPE_MINOR<
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#define <
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p>These three macros identify the FreeType source
code version. Use <
a href="ft2-version.html#FT_Library_Version">FT_Library_Version<
/a> to access them at runtime.<
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p>The major
version number.<
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p>The minor
version number.<
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p>The
version number of FreeType if built as a dynamic
link library with the ‘libtool’ package is <
i>not<
/i> controlled by these three macros.<
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h4><
a name="FT_Library_Version">FT_Library_Version<
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Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
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FT_EXPORT
( <
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b>FT_Library_Version<
/b>
( <
a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Library">FT_Library<
/a> library,
<
a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Int">FT_Int<
/a> *amajor,
<
a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Int">FT_Int<
/a> *aminor,
<
a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Int">FT_Int<
/a> *apatch
);
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p>Return the
version of the FreeType library being used. This is useful when dynamically linking to the library, since one cannot use the macros <
a href="ft2-version.html#FREETYPE_XXX">FREETYPE_MAJOR<
/a>, <
a href="ft2-version.html#FREETYPE_XXX">FREETYPE_MINOR<
/a>, and <
a href="ft2-version.html#FREETYPE_XXX">FREETYPE_PATCH<
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p>A source library handle.<
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p>The major
version number.<
/p>
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p>The minor
version number.<
/p>
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p>The patch
version number.<
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p>The reason why this function takes a ‘library’ argument is because certain programs implement library initialization in a custom way that doesn
't use <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Init_FreeType">FT_Init_FreeType</a>.</p>
<p>In such cases, the library version might not be available before the library object has been created.</p>
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<h4><a name="FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents">FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents</a></h4>
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Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
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FT_EXPORT( <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Bool">FT_Bool</a> )
<b>FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents</b>( <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Face">FT_Face</a> face );
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<p>Parse all bytecode instructions of a TrueType font file to check whether any of the patented opcodes are used. This is only useful if you want to be able to use the unpatented hinter with fonts that do <b>not</b> use these opcodes.</p>
<p>Note that this function parses <b>all</b> glyph instructions in the font file, which may be slow.</p>
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<p>A face handle.</p>
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<p>1 if this is a TrueType font that uses one of the patented opcodes, 0 otherwise.</p>
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<p>Since May 2010, TrueType hinting is no longer patented.</p>
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<table align=center width="87%" cellpadding=5><tr bgcolor="#EEEEFF"><td><em><b>since</b></em></td></tr><tr><td>
<p>2.3.5</p>
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<h4><a name="FT_Face_SetUnpatentedHinting">FT_Face_SetUnpatentedHinting</a></h4>
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Defined in FT_FREETYPE_H (freetype/freetype.h).
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FT_EXPORT( <a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Bool">FT_Bool</a> )
<b>FT_Face_SetUnpatentedHinting</b>( <a href="ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Face">FT_Face</a> face,
<a href="ft2-basic_types.html#FT_Bool">FT_Bool</a> value );
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<p>Enable or disable the unpatented hinter for a given face. Only enable it if you have determined that the face doesn't use any patented opcodes
(see <
a href="ft2-version.html#FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents">FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents<
/a>
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p>New boolean setting.<
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p>The old setting
value. This will always be false if this is not an SFNT font, or if the unpatented hinter is not compiled in this instance of the library.<
/p>
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p>Since May
2010, TrueType hinting is no longer patented.<
/p>