source: general/graphlib/freetype2.xml@ 8b0eef4

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  <!ENTITY freetype2-buildsize     "26 MB (with additional documentation)">
  <!ENTITY freetype2-time          "0.2 SBU (with additional documentation)">

  <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-version   "&freetype2-version;">
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<sect1 id="freetype2" xreflabel="FreeType-&freetype2-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="freetype2.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>FreeType-&freetype2-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="freetype2">
    <primary sortas="a-FreeType">FreeType</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to FreeType2</title>

    <para>
      The <application>FreeType2</application> package contains
      a library which allows applications to properly render
      <application>TrueType</application> fonts.
    </para>

    &lfs80_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&freetype2-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
<!--      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&freetype2-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem> -->
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &freetype2-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &freetype2-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &freetype2-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &freetype2-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <title>Additional Documentation</title>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&freetype2-doc-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &freetype2-doc-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &freetype2-doc-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FreeType2 Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>
      (first, install without it, after it is installed, reinstall
      <xref linkend="freetype2"/>),
      <xref linkend="libpng"/>, and
      <xref linkend="which"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/freetype2"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of FreeType2</title>

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

<screen><userinput>tar -xf ../freetype-doc-&freetype2-doc-version;.tar.bz2 --strip-components=2 -C docs</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>FreeType2</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -ri "s:.*(AUX_MODULES.*valid):\1:" modules.cfg &amp;&amp;

sed -r "s:.*(#.*SUBPIXEL_RENDERING) .*:\1:" \
    -i include/freetype/config/ftoption.h  &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/freetype-&freetype2-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R docs/*     /usr/share/doc/freetype-&freetype2-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para> 
      <command>sed -ri ...</command>: First command enables GX/AAT and OpenType
      table validation and second command enables Subpixel Rendering. Note that
      Subpixel Rendering may have patent issues.  Be sure to read the
      <literal>'Other patent issues'</literal> part of <ulink
      url="http://www.freetype.org/patents.html"/> before enabling this option.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          freetype-config
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libfreetype.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/freetype2 and
          /usr/share/doc/freetype-&freetype2-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="freetype-config">
        <term><command>freetype-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to get <application>FreeType</application> compilation
            and linking information.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="freetype2 freetype-config">
            <primary sortas="b-freetype-config">freetype-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfreetype">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfreetype.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions for rendering various font types, such
            as TrueType and Type1.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="freetype2 libfreetype">
            <primary sortas="c-libfreetype">libfreetype.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>