;1.x
        while being much more powerful.  We thus encourage you to adapt your
        source code to it as this should not involve much work.</p>


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        <h3>
          Can I use FreeType&nbsp;2 to edit fonts or create new ones?
        </h3>

        <p>No.  The library has been specifically designed to <em>read</em>
        font files with small code size and very low memory usage.</p>

        <p>A good, freely available font editor is <a
        href="http: