nanogui: freetype 2.2.1
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] freetype 2.2.1
From:
"Greg Haerr" ####@####.####
Date:
10 May 2007 14:42:00 +0100
Message-Id: <023e01c79308$ecc71540$2f01a8c0@HaydenLake>
: I'm having trouble compiling with the freetype2 installed on my Ubuntu
: edgy box. Not sure what version, but nano-x detects it as freetype 2.2.1.
The Freetype 2 implementation requires a certain version or later of
Freetype. See src/engine/font_freetype2.c for details. IIRC it
was tested with v2.1.3, and there are some fancy #defines for
checking for later versions. Without seeing your errors I'm only
guessing that there some structure member name changes.
:
: Also, a more basic question about X: What _are_ fonts for anyway?
: Don't "fltk" or other apps just use the font library directly, then
: render the resulting image onto an X display? Does X _need_ fonts?
Fonts are for quickly drawing bitmaps which humans are
accustomed to seeing as language glyphs.
FLTK, when running under X11, uses the X11 font library
directly, which NXLIB handles the conversion to nano-X.
When running FLNX, the font code was rewritten for
direct nano-X use.
X doesn't need fonts, but usually has a builtin font so it
can at least display something when a text output API
is called (nano-X is the same way).
Regards,
Greg
