need help with freetype2 on mac

Question

I downloaded freetype-2.4.2 on my mac and ran the three commands:

./configure
make
make install

those commands worked without any errors and i can see a bunch of freetype files in /usr/local

here are my questions:

1. how can i verify that i am done installing freetype? i was assuming i could do a "man freetype" from any directory in the terminal but i always get no man entry when i do this.

2. assuming it is installed, what's the most straightforward and simplest way to use the freetype api? would i just do a "vi freetypetest.c" and then gcc that and that program can output an image file with the fonts on it i want?

thanks