The FreeType2 package contains a library to allow XFree86 to properly render TrueType fonts.
Download (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.1.5.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.pu.edu.tw/Unix/Graphics/freetype/freetype2/freetype-2.1.5.tar.bz2
Download size: 831 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 22 MB
Estimated build time: 0.35 SBU
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 |
sed ... include/freetype/config/ftoption.h: We are enabling the TrueType bytecode interpreter before building the library.
The FreeType2 package contains libfreetype libraries.
FreeType2 libraries add TrueType font capabilities to XFree86.