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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.

FreeType 2.2.1 has been released (2006-May-13)

This is a stable release which has lots of bug fixes (some of them related to security) and minor improvements. All users should upgrade. More details are available from this page.