18292847cSmrglibXft - X FreeType library 28292847cSmrg--------------------------- 38292847cSmrg 48292847cSmrglibXft is the client side font rendering library, using libfreetype, 58292847cSmrglibX11, and the X Render extension to display anti-aliased text. 68292847cSmrg 78292847cSmrgXft version 2.1 was the first stand alone release of Xft, a library that 88292847cSmrgconnects X applications with the FreeType font rasterization library. Xft 98292847cSmrguses fontconfig to locate fonts so it has no configuration files. 108292847cSmrg 118292847cSmrgBefore building Xft you will need to have installed: 128292847cSmrg - FreeType https://freetype.org/ 138292847cSmrg - Fontconfig https://fontconfig.org/ 148292847cSmrg - libX11, libXext, & libXrender https://x.org/ 158292847cSmrg 168292847cSmrgAll questions regarding this software should be directed at the 178292847cSmrgXorg mailing list: 188292847cSmrg 198292847cSmrg https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg 208292847cSmrg 21de3c0529SmrgThe primary development code repository can be found at: 228292847cSmrg 238292847cSmrg https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXft 248292847cSmrg 258292847cSmrgPlease submit bug reports and requests to merge patches there. 268292847cSmrg 278292847cSmrgFor patch submission instructions, see: 288292847cSmrg 298292847cSmrg https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 308292847cSmrg 318292847cSmrgTo release a version of this library: 328292847cSmrg 338292847cSmrg 1. Update the version number in configure.ac 348292847cSmrg 2. Fix the NEWS file 358292847cSmrg Change version number 368292847cSmrg Set the date 378292847cSmrg add highlights 388292847cSmrg 3. Commit those changes 398292847cSmrg 4. rebuild the configuration files with autogen.sh 408292847cSmrg sh autogen.sh --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man 418292847cSmrg 5. Follow the steps listed in 428292847cSmrg https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ReleaseHOWTO/ 438292847cSmrg 448292847cSmrgKeith Packard 458292847cSmrgkeithp@keithp.com 468292847cSmrg 478292847cSmrg 48