diff --git a/devel/ftoption.h b/devel/ftoption.h
index c5d001b47..5f0a7fb75 100644
--- a/devel/ftoption.h
+++ b/devel/ftoption.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*     if you build it to support postscript names in the TrueType       */
   /*     `post' table.                                                     */
   /*                                                                       */
-  /*   - The Type 1 driver will not be able to synthetize a Unicode        */
+  /*   - The Type 1 driver will not be able to synthesize a Unicode        */
   /*     charmap out of the glyphs found in the fonts.                     */
   /*                                                                       */
   /*   You would normally undefine this configuration macro when building  */
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*   By default, FreeType 2 is built with the `PSNames' module compiled  */
   /*   in.  Among other things, the module is used to convert a glyph name */
   /*   into a Unicode value.  This is especially useful in order to        */
-  /*   synthetize on the fly a Unicode charmap from the CFF/Type 1 driver  */
+  /*   synthesize on the fly a Unicode charmap from the CFF/Type 1 driver  */
   /*   through a big table named the `Adobe Glyph List' (AGL).             */
   /*                                                                       */
   /*   Undefine this macro if you do not want the Adobe Glyph List         */
   /*   compiled in your `PSNames' module.  The Type 1 driver will not be   */
-  /*   able to synthetize a Unicode charmap out of the glyphs found in the */
+  /*   able to synthesize a Unicode charmap out of the glyphs found in the */
   /*   fonts.                                                              */
   /*                                                                       */
 #define FT_CONFIG_OPTION_ADOBE_GLYPH_LIST
diff --git a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
index cd57a9461..d08a35bfc 100644
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*   By default, FreeType 2 is built with the `PSNames' module compiled  */
   /*   in.  Among other things, the module is used to convert a glyph name */
   /*   into a Unicode value.  This is especially useful in order to        */
-  /*   synthetize on the fly a Unicode charmap from the CFF/Type 1 driver  */
+  /*   synthesize on the fly a Unicode charmap from the CFF/Type 1 driver  */
   /*   through a big table named the `Adobe Glyph List' (AGL).             */
   /*                                                                       */
   /*   Undefine this macro if you do not want the Adobe Glyph List         */
   /*   compiled in your `PSNames' module.  The Type 1 driver will not be   */
-  /*   able to synthetize a Unicode charmap out of the glyphs found in the */
+  /*   able to synthesize a Unicode charmap out of the glyphs found in the */
   /*   fonts.                                                              */
   /*                                                                       */
 #define FT_CONFIG_OPTION_ADOBE_GLYPH_LIST
diff --git a/include/freetype/freetype.h b/include/freetype/freetype.h
index 5ddff69d5..1a00a02f8 100644
--- a/include/freetype/freetype.h
+++ b/include/freetype/freetype.h
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*     Same as FT_ENCODING_JOHAB.  Deprecated.                           */
   /*                                                                       */
   /* <Note>                                                                */
-  /*   By default, FreeType automatically synthetizes a Unicode charmap    */
+  /*   By default, FreeType automatically synthesizes a Unicode charmap    */
   /*   for PostScript fonts, using their glyph names dictionaries.         */
   /*   However, it also reports the encodings defined explicitly in the    */
   /*   font file, for the cases when they are needed, with the Adobe       */
diff --git a/src/cff/cffobjs.c b/src/cff/cffobjs.c
index c6b603034..abe89f3b3 100644
--- a/src/cff/cffobjs.c
+++ b/src/cff/cffobjs.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
 
   /* CFF and Type 1 private dictionaries have slightly different      */
-  /* structures; we need to synthetize a Type 1 dictionary on the fly */
+  /* structures; we need to synthesize a Type 1 dictionary on the fly */
 
   static void
   cff_make_private_dict( CFF_SubFont  subfont,
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@
       /* Compute char maps.                                              */
       /*                                                                 */
 
-      /* Try to synthetize a Unicode charmap if there is none available */
+      /* Try to synthesize a Unicode charmap if there is none available */
       /* already.  If an OpenType font contains a Unicode "cmap", we    */
       /* will use it, whatever be in the CFF part of the file.          */
       {
diff --git a/src/type1/t1objs.c b/src/type1/t1objs.c
index 9d00cf396..0d4ad3b0a 100644
--- a/src/type1/t1objs.c
+++ b/src/type1/t1objs.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 
         charmap.face = root;
 
-        /* first of all, try to synthetize a Unicode charmap */
+        /* first of all, try to synthesize a Unicode charmap */
         charmap.platform_id = 3;
         charmap.encoding_id = 1;
         charmap.encoding    = FT_ENCODING_UNICODE;
diff --git a/src/type42/t42objs.c b/src/type42/t42objs.c
index db04fde36..174664dfa 100644
--- a/src/type42/t42objs.c
+++ b/src/type42/t42objs.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*                                                                         */
 /*    Type 42 objects manager (body).                                      */
 /*                                                                         */
-/*  Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Roberto Alameda.       */
+/*  Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 by Roberto Alameda. */
 /*                                                                         */
 /*  This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,       */
 /*  modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project      */
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
 
         charmap.face = root;
 
-        /* first of all, try to synthetize a Unicode charmap */
+        /* first of all, try to synthesize a Unicode charmap */
         charmap.platform_id = 3;
         charmap.encoding_id = 1;
         charmap.encoding    = FT_ENCODING_UNICODE;