FreeType

Download Source:	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-2.4.12.tar.bz2
Optional Documentation:	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freetype/freetype-doc-2.4.12.tar.bz2

Newer versions of FreeType are incompatible with other packages. Please leave FreeType at 2.1.10 unless you've built a fairly complete system against a newer version. For the non-belivers of this warning here is an example. http://pastebin.cross-lfs.org/300

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Introduction to FreeType

The FreeType package contains a library to allow applications to properly render TrueType fonts.

Non-Multilib

If you downloaded the additional documentation, unpack it into the source tree using the following command:

tar xf ../freetype-doc-2.4.12.tar.bz2 --strip-components=2 -C docs

This command enables the built-in TrueType bytecode interpreter which in turn enables hinting of TrueType glyphs. Enabling the interpreter results in much better rendering of TrueType fonts.

sed -i -r 's:.*(#.*BYTE.*) .*:\1:' include/freetype/config/ftoption.h

Configure and compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package:

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.4.12 &&
cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.4.12

Multilib

32Bit

This command enables the built-in TrueType bytecode interpreter which in turn enables hinting of TrueType glyphs. Enabling the interpreter results in much better rendering of TrueType fonts.

sed -i -r 's:.*(#.*BYTE.*) .*:\1:' include/freetype/config/ftoption.h

Configure and compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package:

make install &&
mv -v /usr/bin/freetype-config{,-32}

N32

This command enables the built-in TrueType bytecode interpreter which in turn enables hinting of TrueType glyphs. Enabling the interpreter results in much better rendering of TrueType fonts.

sed -i -r 's:.*(#.*BYTE.*) .*:\1:' include/freetype/config/ftoption.h

Configure and compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
make

Install the package:

make install &&
mv -v /usr/bin/freetype-config{,-n32}

64Bit

If you downloaded the additional documentation, unpack it into the source tree using the following command:

tar xf ../freetype-doc-2.4.12.tar.bz2 --strip-components=2 -C docs

This command enables the built-in TrueType bytecode interpreter which in turn enables hinting of TrueType glyphs. Enabling the interpreter results in much better rendering of TrueType fonts.

sed -i -r 's:.*(#.*BYTE.*) .*:\1:' include/freetype/config/ftoption.h

Configure and compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
make

Install the package:

make install &&
mv -v /usr/bin/freetype-config{,-64} &&
ln -sf multiarch_wrapper /usr/bin/freetype-config &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.4.12 &&
cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/freetype-2.4.12

Contents

Installed Programs:	freetype-config
Installed Libraries:	libfreetype.{so,a}
Installed Directories:	/usr/include/freetype2

Short Descriptions

freetype-config	is used to get FreeType compilation and linking information.
libfreetype.{so,a}	contains functions to add TrueType font capabilities to the X Window system.