You can use a `.sig` file to verify that the corresponding file
(without the `.sig` suffix) is intact. First, be sure to download
both the `.sig` file and the corresponding archive. Then, run a
command like this:
gpg --verify freetype-2.15.0.tar.gz.sig
If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
execute
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys BE6C3AAC63AD8E3F
to import it, then rerun the `gpg --verify` command.
SHA1 file checksums:
a28dbab6c7dd2d49d2987cbd93f2d485ed888b34 freetype-2.15.0.tar.gz
1cddd9a66c8ce2972c20890c07b7a75231c21787 freetype-2.15.0.tar.xz
fd13d7dc433e129c756478352d728298560972e1 ft2150.zip
2639d289a08699acfabd0f885e60047dad7519c5 ft2demos-2.15.0.tar.gz
7ada0e81cee60715e6a3258edbb1b06c66321e7a ft2demos-2.15.0.tar.xz
8cf05e9972aa34b3a230feea81ebc184ea24f97d ftdmo2150.zip
23fadcc0da7b8ead6d3ab51e020e52b26c733af5 freetype-doc-2.15.0.tar.gz
e4dce0796ecbf26edfdcff10ed9ec06bcf13482e freetype-doc-2.15.0.tar.xz
b10d8a9d7a6574d5a792abcb9adef9be4783c380 ftdoc2150.zip
SHA256 file checksums:
9186627467a616d9a9e3e574748ac0c45fa77398e6364edef3041a8ba8d92f64 freetype-2.15.0.tar.gz
93cd47eb719c325107f2d3cf087d06299e944c3b48a40b55537302304dea1dd5 freetype-2.15.0.tar.xz
6de0090703ff0658ec2886c1de3c1887801d4988b9fd72d622e815a5c5d768c9 ft2150.zip
c1640bddfdf17ef93de7171f51216a1b7828e740cf69ad54451256085a9acc07 ft2demos-2.15.0.tar.gz
9b77c9ccf3965d2c5e65383c7c7fdb411d6239c402426f32f7411fade396c268 ft2demos-2.15.0.tar.xz
c2a086745711de854efe4c70d3c6a6e03589cfb08e76eeaa32f82cba487757ee ftdmo2150.zip
a20a05dc7226b9c995cd0ea508bfa627a9604393e2223ee44bff8e11ee4cc80a freetype-doc-2.15.0.tar.gz
151b3f0a221b39775a0b2aa8e5893a60c4ef5ed7081371c5cce27250808bdff5 freetype-doc-2.15.0.tar.xz
ce21770d4329806f4e79649bbee0b9fe8cb546993db19061ce5c428077cd0be9 ftdoc2150.zip
CHANGES BETWEEN 2.14.3 and 2.15.0 (2026-Oct-12)
I. IMPORTANT CHANGES
- Support for the ISO Open Font Format, Edition 5 (released in July
2026) has been contributed by Behdad Esfahbod, using various LLMs
for deriving basic code from HarfBuzz and other implementations,
followed by manual fine-tuning, mainly for greater speed.
. The new 'VARC' table allows a file size reduction of CJK
Variation fonts by up to 90%.
. OpenType fonts with more than 65536 glyphs can now be handled.
The new tables related to this feature are all written with
uppercase letters: 'MAXP', 'GLYF', 'LOCA', 'HHEA', 'VHEA',
'HMTX', 'VMTX', 'GVAR', 'DMAP'.
. The new 'GLYF' table also supports outlines with mixed cubic and
conic segments.
- The anti-aliased rasterizer now uses dynamic heap memory for large
glyphs, which significantly improves its performance at sizes
above 40 ppem.
- An experimental HVF driver has been contributed by Apple,
currently available on macOS only.
- The TrueType version 40 interpreter got several ClearType
rendering improvements. It now better honors 'gasp' table
requests for symmetric grid fitting and smoothing, and more
closely emulates native ClearType horizontal hinting. This
includes improved handling of rounded point instructions, `ROUND`,
CVT cut-in, minimum distance, and composite glyph positioning.
These changes improve the rendering of fonts such as 'Segoe UI',
'Calibri', 'Corbel', 'Constantia', 'Malgun Gothic', 'SimSun', and
'Comic Sans MS'.
II. IMPORTANT BUG FIXES
- Continued efforts to scrutinize FreeType with AI tools resulted in
more bugs being fixed, some with potential security implications
(e.g., CVE-2026-95512).
III. MISCELLANEOUS
- The PFR driver returned wrong kerning values in some cases.
- A port to the Plan 9 operating system is now available.
