FreeType-2.1.5

Introduction to FreeType2

The FreeType2 package contains a library to allow XFree86 to properly render TrueType fonts.

Package information

Installation of FreeType2

Install FreeType2 by running the following commands:

patch -Np1 -i ../freetype-2.1.5-ahhint.patch &&
cp include/freetype/config/ftoption.h include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.orig &&
sed -e "s%\/\* #define  TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER \*\/%#define  TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER%" \
include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.orig > include/freetype/config/ftoption.h &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

sed ... include/freetype/config/ftoption.h: We are enabling the TrueType bytecode interpreter before building the library.

Contents

The FreeType2 package contains libfreetype libraries.

Description

FreeType2 libraries

FreeType2 libraries add TrueType font capabilities to XFree86.