xft

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{{Infobox software

| name = Xft

| author = Keith Packard

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|P348}}

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}

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| genre = Software library

| license = MIT/X license
(The Open Group){{cite web |url=https://www.xfree86.org/4.0.1/LICENSE3.html |title=X/MIT Licenses |publisher=XFree86 4.0.1 |access-date=April 2, 2020}}

| website = {{url|freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xft}}

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Xft, the X FreeType interface library, is a free computer program library written by Keith Packard.{{cite journal |title=The Xft Font Library: Architecture and Users Guide |author=Keith Packard |author-link=Keith Packard |url=http://keithp.com/~keithp/talks/xtc2001/paper/ |date=2001-11-08 |journal=Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Linux Showcase & Conference |volume=5 |publisher=USENIX Association|pages=22}}

{{cite book |title=Linux in a Windows World |author=Roderick W. Smith |publisher=O'Reilly |page=458}} It uses the MIT/X license that The Open Group applied after the post X11R6.4 license restoration.

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.