README
1 FreeType 2.10.4
2 ===============
3
4 Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
5
6 FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts.
7
8 It is written in C, designed to be small, efficient, highly
9 customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality
10 output (glyph images) of most vector and bitmap font formats.
11
12 Please read the docs/CHANGES file, it contains IMPORTANT
13 INFORMATION.
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15 Read the files `docs/INSTALL*' for installation instructions; see
16 the file `docs/LICENSE.TXT' for the available licenses.
17
18 The FreeType 2 API reference is located in `docs/reference/site';
19 use the file `index.html' as the top entry point. [Please note that
20 currently the search function for locally installed documentation
21 doesn't work due to cross-site scripting issues.]
22
23 Additional documentation is available as a separate package from our
24 sites. Go to
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26 https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/
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28 and download one of the following files.
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30 freetype-doc-2.10.4.tar.xz
31 freetype-doc-2.10.4.tar.gz
32 ftdoc2104.zip
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34 To view the documentation online, go to
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36 https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/
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38
39 Mailing Lists
40 =============
41
42 The preferred way of communication with the FreeType team is using
43 e-mail lists.
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45 general use and discussion: freetype (a] nongnu.org
46 engine internals, porting, etc.: freetype-devel (a] nongnu.org
47 announcements: freetype-announce (a] nongnu.org
48 git repository tracker: freetype-commit (a] nongnu.org
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50 The lists are moderated; see
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52 https://www.freetype.org/contact.html
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54 how to subscribe.
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56
57 Bugs
58 ====
59
60 Please submit bug reports at
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62 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=freetype
63
64 Alternatively, you might report bugs by e-mail to
65 `freetype-devel (a] nongnu.org'. Don't forget to send a detailed
66 explanation of the problem -- there is nothing worse than receiving
67 a terse message that only says `it doesn't work'.
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69
70 Patches
71 =======
72
73 Please submit patches to the `freetype-devel (a] nongnu.org' mailing
74 list -- and thank you in advance for your work on improving
75 FreeType!
76
77 Details on the process can be found here:
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79 https://www.freetype.org/developer.html#patches
80
81
82 Enjoy!
83
84
85 The FreeType Team
86
87 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
88
89 Copyright (C) 2006-2020 by
90 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
91
92 This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,
93 modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project
94 license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute
95 this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand
96 and accept it fully.
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README.git
1 The git archive doesn't contain pre-built configuration scripts for
2 UNIXish platforms. To generate them say
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4 sh autogen.sh
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6 which in turn depends on the following packages:
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8 automake (1.10.1)
9 libtool (2.2.4)
10 autoconf (2.62)
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12 The versions given in parentheses are known to work. Newer versions
13 should work too, of course. Note that autogen.sh also sets up proper
14 file permissions for the `configure' and auxiliary scripts.
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16 The autogen.sh script now checks the version of above three packages
17 whether they match the numbers above. Otherwise it will complain and
18 suggest either upgrading or using an environment variable to point to
19 a more recent version of the required tool(s).
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21 Note that `aclocal' is provided by the `automake' package on Linux,
22 and that `libtoolize' is called `glibtoolize' on Darwin (OS X).
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25 For static builds which don't use platform specific optimizations, no
26 configure script is necessary at all; saying
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28 make setup ansi
29 make
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31 should work on all platforms which have GNU make (or makepp).
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34 Similarly, a build with `cmake' can be done directly from the git
35 repository.
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38 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
39
40 Copyright (C) 2005-2020 by
41 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
42
43 This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,
44 modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project
45 license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute
46 this file you indicate that you have read the license and understand
47 and accept it fully.
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