libfontenc ☆

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Description:
X.Org: Font encoding library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: x11 font library encoding xorg

Install: brew install libfontenc

About:
Libfontenc is a core component of the X.Org foundation, responsible for mapping font names to their corresponding encoding schemes. It provides the essential infrastructure for applications to correctly interpret and render text from various character sets. This library is a critical dependency for graphical user interfaces and font rendering engines on Linux and Unix-like systems.

Key Features:

Handles mapping between font names and character encodings
Provides a standard interface for font encoding selection
Essential component of the X.Org graphics stack
Supports a wide range of international character sets

Use Cases:

Enabling correct text rendering in X11 applications
Serving as a dependency for graphical desktop environments
Developing applications that require low-level font handling

Alternatives:

fontconfig – fontconfig is a higher-level library for font configuration and matching, while libfontenc operates at a lower level specifically for encoding.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 8, 2026 2:53am		0	REVISION_ONLY	066591fa
Feb 6, 2026 1:54pm		1	REVISION_ONLY	1f560325