TrueType font metrics for PostScript driver

Marcus Meissner marcus at jet.franken.de
Mon Apr 30 13:12:23 CDT 2001


On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:03:48PM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> > 
> > But doesn't your solution also require FreeType anyway?  Linking it
> > into Wine or into a separate program is not really different for the
> > user, he still needs to install it.
> > 
> 
> With a separate program, FreeType is only required for people who want
> to print TrueType fonts.  If I put FreeType calls directly into the
> driver, FreeType will be required to build/run Wine at all, even for
> users that derive no benefit from it.

Umm, use autoconf checks and fall back methods, also for ft1 vs ft2 checks.
 
Ciao, Marcus




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