FindFreetype

Finds the FreeType font renderer library:

find_package(Freetype [<version>] [...])

Imported Targets

This module provides the following Imported Targets:

Freetype::Freetype

Added in version 3.10.

Target encapsulating the Freetype library usage requirements, available if Freetype is found.

Result Variables

This module defines the following variables:

Freetype_FOUND

Added in version 3.3.

Boolean indicating whether (the requested version of) Freetype was found.

Freetype_VERSION

Added in version 4.2.

The version of Freetype found.

FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS

Include directories containing headers needed to use Freetype. This is the concatenation of FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build and FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 variables.

FREETYPE_LIBRARIES

Libraries needed to link against for using Freetype.

Cache Variables

The following cache variables may also be set:

FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build

The directory containing the main Freetype API configuration header.

FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2

The directory containing Freetype public headers.

Hints

This module accepts the following variables:

FREETYPE_DIR

The user may set this environment variable to the root directory of a Freetype installation to find Freetype in non-standard locations.

Deprecated Variables

The following variables are provided for backward compatibility:

FREETYPE_FOUND

Deprecated since version 4.2: Use Freetype_FOUND, which has the same value.

Boolean indicating whether (the requested version of) Freetype was found.

FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING

Deprecated since version 4.2: Superseded by the Freetype_VERSION.

The version of Freetype found.

Examples

Finding Freetype and linking it to a project target:

find_package(Freetype)
target_link_libraries(project_target PRIVATE Freetype::Freetype)