support the following font formats:
TrueType (TTF)
PostScript Type1 (PFA/PFB)
Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF)
CID-keyed Type1
Compact Font Format (CFF)
OpenType fonts
SFNT-based bitmap fonts
Portable Compiled Format (PCF)
Microsoft Windows Font File Format (Windows FNT)
Portable Font Resource (PFR)
Type 42 (limited support)
It is possible to add modules to the FreeType 2 font engine to support other types of font files. For more information, see the font engine's own website:
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/index.html.Glyphs rendered using FreeType are shared efficiently between applications, reducing memory requirements and speeding up text rendering.