Binary package “libxft-dev” in ubuntu mantic

FreeType-based font drawing library for X (development files)

 Xft provides a client-side font API for X applications, making the FreeType
 font rasterizer available to X clients. Fontconfig is used for font
 specification resolution. Where available, the RENDER extension handles
 glyph drawing; otherwise, the core X protocol is used.
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 This package provides a static library and C header files.