D-Type Rendering Technology

Standard Suite

Extensions & Plugins

Power Suite

Apps & Tools

D-Type Release 9.6.1.4 Now Available!

D-Type technology is a suite of high-performance software libraries for rendering high-quality text and resolution independent scalable 2D and 3D graphics. D-Type libraries are written in industry standard C++ and available for any hardware or operating system environment in use today. Available in binary, object and/or source code format, D-Type technology is a perfect choice for software developers seeking a rendering solution that is affordable, mature, reliable, secure, maintained, well supported, super fast and packed with features. Learn more about D-Type technology and the latest D-Type 9.6.1.4 release. See our D-Type 9 release announcement for other news and FAQs.

Standard Suite

D-Type Font Engine

UPDATED: Portable, high-performance and high-quality scalable font engine for smooth (anti-aliased) text with built-in support for TrueType, OpenType, Type 1, Type 3, bare CFF and D-Type fonts. Supports variable and multiple-master font technology, advanced text effects, unique automatic font hinting, fractional character positioning and much more. Suitable for all types of monitors, LCD and TV screens. More about Font Engine...

D-Type Grayscale Rasterizer

A lightning fast rasterizer for sharp and smooth (anti-aliased) vector-based graphics of absolutely amazing quality. Suitable for all types of applications that require superb output quality regardless of the platform, device or resolution. More about Grayscale Rasterizer...

D-Type Direct Color Rasterizer

A unique rasterizer for rendering multi-color RGBA images in a single rasterization pass. Suitable for applications that require very fast and high-quality scalable anti-aliased graphics that feature perfect stitching between adjacent fill areas of different color. More about Direct Color Rasterizer...

D-Type Shading Rasterizer

A special purpose rasterizer for rendering highly realistic scalable vector art. Suitable for applications that require vector graphics of photo-realistic quality. More about Shading Rasterizer...

Extensions and Plugins

D-Type 3D Rasterizer

JUST RELEASED: A portable rasterizer designed to render 3D models and scenes. It has zero dependencies, is simple to use, doesn't require any GPU or co-processors, is highly optimized for speed and runs on multiple devices. More about 3D Rasterizer...

D-Type Text Layout Extension

UPDATED: Compact, portable and easy-to-use extension for D-Type Font Engine to lay out Unicode text. The extension supports complex scripts such as Arabic, Indic and Thai and takes care of any special processing rules necessary to shape and lay out those scripts correctly. More about Text Layout Extension...

D-Type External Format Plugin

UPDATED: A plugin that provides support for external graphics formats, such as PNG and JPEG. More about External Format Plugin...

Power Suite

D-Type PowerDoc Engine

UPDATED: A powerful rendering engine for creating professional, high-quality and resolution independent electronic documents and presentations. Includes all Standard Suite features plus a number of advanced text, layout, bitmap and document manipulation and rendering capabilities. More about PowerDoc Engine...

D-Type Unicode Text Module

Powerful, versatile, compact, fast, feature rich and remarkably simple to use module for PowerDoc Engine to lay out, render and edit high-quality Unicode text on any platform, device or operating system. More about Unicode Text Module...

Applications and Tools

D-Type PowerDoc Editor

A simple yet versatile application for Windows, Mac and Linux that allows developers to construct complex PowerDoc documents and document templates. Documents created using this application can be saved in PowerDoc format or exported in many different ways. More about PowerDoc Editor...

D-Type 3D Viewer

JUST RELEASED: 3D Viewer is a new tool for viewing, manipulating and inspecting 3D models that can be loaded into D-Type powered applications or stored inside D-Type PowerDoc documents. More about 3D Viewer...

D-Type Font Utility

Font Utility is a useful tool that lets you view and inspect fonts. Using this tool you can easily access any glyph or Unicode character codepoint in your font and view their vector outlines. More about Font Utility...

D-Type Font Converter

A tool to convert TrueType, OpenType, Type 1, Type 3 and bare CFF fonts to D-Type format. D-Type fonts are smaller in size and have other advantages over existing commonly used font formats. More about Font Converter...

D-Type VIVO Image Vectorizer

SPECIAL: A tool to convert bitmap images to D-Type's VIVO scalable vector format. D-Type VIVO is advanced scalable graphics rendering technology that makes your vector images look like photographs. More about VIVO Image Vectorizer...


More Information

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