Java binding to the FreeType library using JNI.

You can use the native functions directly to FreeType or use the defined classes in Java style.

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• FreeType documentation
• Library
  • LibraryVersion
  • Face
    • GlyphSlot
      • Bitmap
      • Advance
      • GlyphMetrics
    • Kerning
    • Size
      • SizeMetrics
• FreeType constants
• Native functions
• Examples
  • Integration with LWJGL
• License (MIT)

You can download the latest release in the releases folder.
You will find the library JAR wich you must to use in your project with a name like freetypeXX-jni_x.x. Where XX is the version of FreeType and x.x the version of FreeType-jni.
This library requires natives which can be found in the folder natives inside the corresponding os folder.
Also, you will find the source code JAR if you want to include it into your project.

To initialize the FreeType library, create a new Library object using the FreeType class. Each library is completely independent from the others; it is the ‘root’ of a set of objects like fonts, faces, sizes, etc.

Library library = FreeType.newLibrary();

If something goes wrong, library will be null. Some objects like Library or Face must to be deleted when finished work to avoid memory lakes.

library.delete();

• boolean delete(): Destroy the library object and all of it's childrens, including faces, sizes, etc. false means success.
• LibraryVersion getVersion(): Returns a LibraryVersion object containing the information about the version of FreeType.
• Face newFace(String file, int faceIndex): Create a new Face object from file. It will return null in case of error.
• Face newFace(byte[] file, int faceIndex): Create a new Face object from a byte[]. It will return null in case of error.
• Face newFace(ByteBuffer file, int faceIndex): Create a new Face object from a ByteBuffer. It will return null in case of error. Take care that the ByteByffer must be a direct buffer created with Utils.newBuffer and filled with Utils.fillBuffer.

This is a simple class wich contains the version information about FreeType. You can instantiate this class with library.getVersion and then retrive the information with:

• int getMajor()
• int getMinor()
• int getPatch()

And if you like you can use it as String:

System.out.println("FreeType " + libVersion + " initialized.");

To get something like FreeType 2.6.0 initialized..

A handle to a given typographic face object. A face object models a given typeface, in a given style.
Use library.newFace to create a new face object from a file o data source.
Each Face object also owns a single GlyphSlot object, and every time you call loadGlyph or loadChar the slot's contents is ereased with the new data.
You must to destroy it aswell as the Library.

TODO MORE DOCS

You can access to the FreeType constants with the FreeTypeConstants class.

Here are listed with the real FreeType name functions to call them directly.
If you want to retrieve a public field you must to look for FT_Object_Name_Get_field_name. e.g. for the object FT_Glyph_Metrics the field vertBearingY is FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_vertBearingY. All the documentation for the other functions can be found in the FreeType documentation.

Here is the list:

• long FT_Init_FreeType()
• boolean FT_Done_FreeType(long library)
• LibraryVersion FT_Library_Version(long library)
• long FT_New_Memory_Face(long library, ByteBuffer data, int length, long faceIndex)
• int FT_Face_Get_ascender(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_descender(long face)
• long FT_Face_Get_face_flags(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_face_index(long face)
• String FT_Face_Get_family_name(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_heigth(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_max_advance_height(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_max_advance_width(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_num_faces(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_num_glyphs(long face)
• long FT_Face_Get_style_flags(long face)
• String FT_Face_Get_style_name(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_underline_position(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_underline_thickness(long face)
• int FT_Face_Get_units_per_EM(long face)
• long FT_Face_Get_glyph(long face) Pointer to FT_GlyphSlot
• long FT_Face_Get_size(long face) Pointer to FT_Size
• long FT_Get_Track_Kerning(long face, long point_size, int degree)
• Kerning FT_Face_Get_Kerning(long face, char left, char right, int mode)
• boolean FT_Done_Face(long face)
• boolean FT_Reference_Face(long face)
• boolean FT_HAS_KERNING(long face)
• String FT_Get_Postscript_Name(long face)
• boolean FT_Select_Charmap(long face, int encoding)
• boolean FT_Set_Charmap(long face, long charmap)
• boolean FT_Face_CheckTrueTypePatents(long face)
• boolean FT_Face_SetUnpatentedHinting(long face, boolean value)
• int[] FT_Get_First_Char(long face) [charcode, glyphIndex]
• int FT_Get_Next_Char(long face, long charcode)
• int FT_Get_Char_Index(long face, int code)
• int FT_Get_Name_Index(long face, String name)
• String FT_Get_Glyph_Name(long face, int glyphIndex)
• short FT_Get_FSType_Flags(long face)
• boolean FT_Select_Size(long face, int strikeIndex)
• boolean FT_Load_Char(long face, char c, int flags)
• boolean FT_Request_Size(long face, SizeRequest sizeRequest)
• boolean FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(long face, float width, float height)
• boolean FT_Load_Glyph(long face, int glyphIndex, int loadFlags)
• boolean FT_Set_Char_Size(long face, int char_width, int char_height, int horz_resolution, int vert_resolution)
• long FT_Size_Get_metrics(long size) Pointer to FT_Size_Metrics
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_ascender(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_descender(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_height(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_max_advance(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_x_ppem(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_x_scale(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_y_ppem(long sizeMetrics)
• int FT_Size_Metrics_Get_y_scale(long sizeMetrics)
• long FT_GlyphSlot_Get_linearHoriAdvance(long glyphSlot)
• long FT_GlyphSlot_Get_linearVertAdvance(long glyphSlot)
• Advance FT_GlyphSlot_Get_advance(long glyphSlot)
• int FT_GlyphSlot_Get_format(long glyphSlot)
• int FT_GlyphSlot_Get_bitmap_left(long glyphSlot)
• int FT_GlyphSlot_Get_bitmap_top(long glyphSlot)
• long FT_GlyphSlot_Get_bitmap(long glyphSlot) Pointer to FT_Bitmap
• long FT_GlyphSlot_Get_metrics(long glyphSlot) Pointer to FT_Glyph_Metrics
• boolean FT_Render_Glyph(long glyphSlot, int renderMode)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_width(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_height(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_horiAdvance(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_vertAdvance(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_horiBearingX(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_horiBearingY(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_vertBearingX(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Glyph_Metrics_Get_vertBearingY(long glyphMetrics)
• int FT_Bitmap_Get_width(long bitmap)
• int FT_Bitmap_Get_rows(long bitmap)
• int FT_Bitmap_Get_pitch(long bitmap)
• short FT_Bitmap_Get_num_grays(long bitmap)
• char FT_Bitmap_Get_palette_mode(long bitmap)
• char FT_Bitmap_Get_pixel_mode(long bitmap)
• ByteBuffer FT_Bitmap_Get_buffer(long bitmap)
• int FT_Get_Charmap_Index(long charmap)

Please read the LICENSE file (MIT).