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FreeType 2.4.8 has been released (2011-Nov-15)

This is a security release, also providing a new API for accessing dictionary data in Type 1 fonts. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.7 has been released (2011-Oct-18)

This is a security release. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.6 has been released (2011-Jul-29)

This is a security release. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.5 has been released (2011-Jun-24)

This is a maintainance release. All users should upgrade, especially if you still experience rendering degradations with version 2.4.4. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.4 has been released (2010-Nov-28)

This is a maintainance release. All users should upgrade, especially if you experience rendering degradations of PDF files with version 2.4.3. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.3 has been released (2010-Oct-03)

A rendering regression of S-shaped cubic arcs (introduced in version 2.4.0) has been fixed. Besides that, a bunch of fixes have been applied to improve handling of broken fonts. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.2 has been released (2010-Aug-06)

Another serious bug in the CFF font module has been found, together with more exploitable vulnerabilities in the Type 42 font driver. All users should upgrade immediately. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.1 has been released (2010-Jul-18)

A serious bug in the CFF font module has been found. No need to upgrade from version 2.4.0 if you don't use such fonts. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.4.0 has been released (2010-Jul-12)

This is the first release of the 2.4 series. In addition to many bugfixes, the TrueType bytecode interpreter is now enabled by default. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.3.12 has been released (2010-Feb-13)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.3.11 has been released (2009-Oct-10)

PCF support is broken in version 2.3.10. Only users who need that must upgrade.

FreeType 2.3.10 has been released (2009-Oct-08)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series, which brings considerable improvements for b/w rasterizing of hinted TrueType fonts at small sizes. All users should upgrade. See this file for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.3.9 has been released (2009-Mar-12)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series. All users should upgrade. FreeType 2.3.8 is not binary compatible to version 2.3.7 due to a mistake! See this page for the release notes which give more details.

FreeType 2.3.8 has been released (2009-Jan-14)

Don't use this version! This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.7 has been released (2008-Jun-29)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series which provides some important fixes which have been introduced in version 2.3.6. Additionally, native bytecode hinting for TrueType fonts has been improved. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.6 has been released (2008-Jun-10)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series which provides various security fixes and, among other things, support for cmap 14 tables in TrueType fonts. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.5 has been released (2007-Jul-02)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series which, among other small improvements, makes FreeType much more rebust in handling invalid and corrupted font files. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.4 has been released (2007-Apr-09)

Due to a serious bug in handling of bitmap fonts (and bitmap strikes in outline fonts), which has been introduced in version 2.3.3, we have to do another release. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.3 has been released (2007-Apr-04)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series, including a serious security fix for BDF font handling. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.2 has been released (2007-Mar-07)

This is a bugfix release for the 2.3 series. All users who don't need rendering with TrueType bytecode instructions should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

Note that this version contains a serious bug in the handling of TrueType instructions which will be fixed soon in the next release.

FreeType 2.3.1 has been released (2007-Jan-31)

This is a bugfix release for version 2.3.0. All users should upgrade. See this page for the release notes.

FreeType 2.3.0 has been released (2007-Jan-17)

This is a new stable release. See this page for the release notes.