FreeTypeSharp 3.0.0

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Core 3.1 This package targets .NET Core 3.1. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package FreeTypeSharp --version 3.0.0                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package FreeTypeSharp -Version 3.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="FreeTypeSharp" Version="3.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add FreeTypeSharp --version 3.0.0                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: FreeTypeSharp, 3.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install FreeTypeSharp as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=FreeTypeSharp&version=3.0.0

// Install FreeTypeSharp as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=FreeTypeSharp&version=3.0.0

FreeTypeSharp

Nuget

A modern managed FreeType2 library which has source code generated from the original C headers.

FreeTypeSharp v2+ provides cross-platform bindings for:

  • netcoreapp3.1;net8.0 (Windows, Linux, macOS)
  • net8.0-android
  • net8.0-ios
  • net8.0-tvos
  • netstandard2.0
  • uap10.0 (UWP)

README for release v1.X

FreeType Wrapped

FreeType 2.13.2

Native binaries are built by the CI in https://github.com/ryancheung/freetype/tree/csharp-patch

Installation

dotnet add package FreeTypeSharp

UWP target is in a seperate package

dotnet add package FreeTypeSharp.UWP

Usage

There's no magic(abstraction) based on the original C freetype API. All managed API are almost identical with the original freetype C API.
Import the namespaces like using FreeTypeSharp; and using static FreeTypeSharp.FT;, then you can play the font rendering as what you do in C.

Here are few sample code:

using static FreeTypeSharp.FT;
using static FreeTypeSharp.FT_LOAD;
using static FreeTypeSharp.FT_Render_Mode_;

FT_LibraryRec_* lib;
FT_FaceRec_* face;
var error = FT_Init_FreeType(&lib);

error = FT_New_Face(lib, (byte*)Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi("some_font_name.ttf"), 0, &face);
error = FT_Set_Char_Size(face, 0, 16 * 64, 300, 300);
var glyphIndex = FT_Get_Char_Index(face, 'F');
error = FT_Load_Glyph(face, glyphIndex, FT_LOAD_DEFAULT);
error = FT_Render_Glyph(face->glyph, FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL);
...

More FreeType docs: https://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/documentation.html

Credits

Special thanks to https://github.com/tonisimakov99/FreeTypeBinding for source code generator.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-android34.0 is compatible.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-ios17.2 is compatible.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-tvos17.2 is compatible.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 is compatible. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
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MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
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  • .NETCoreApp 3.1

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  • .NETStandard 2.0

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  • net8.0

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  • net8.0-android34.0

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  • net8.0-ios17.2

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  • net8.0-tvos17.2

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