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Freetype Lands In... Microsoft Office?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the share-well-everyone dept.

phy_si_kal writes "Now Microsoft must love free software. Indeed, Office 2011 for Mac (beta 5 at least) uses Freetype! Somehow they figured out the free software 'clean room implementation' of their own (patented) TrueType technology must better suit their needs."

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  1. What about Core Text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Why didn't they use Core Text? It is faster then Freetype and has a similar API. Maybe this means that Microsoft is also working on a Linux version of office? Maybe they don't see Windows making the move to the tablet? ;-)