nanogui: how to cross compile FreeType font freetype1.3.1
Subject:
RE: [nanogui] how to cross compile FreeType font freetype1.3.1
From:
"Allen Yang" ####@####.####
Date:
3 Jul 2007 17:37:48 +0100
Message-Id: <33B07717EB1E594F934D63BE3BDA5A3F87F28F@itexch01.nucomm.local>
Hi, Thomas.
Thank you very much for your info. It's very helpful.
I am using microwindows 0.90, freetype-2.1.7, ColdFire MCF5329 and
uClinux 2.6.17.
I used the following commands to configure my toolchain:
export
CC=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1-uclibc-0.9/m68k-uclibc/bin/m68k-ucli
nux-gcc
export
CXX=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1-uclibc-0.9/m68k-uclibc/bin/m68k-ucl
inux-g++
export
CPP=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1-uclibc-0.9/m68k-uclibc/bin/m68k-ucl
inux-cpp
export
AR=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1-uclibc-0.9/m68k-uclibc/bin/m68k-ucli
nux-ar
export
RANLIB=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1-uclibc-0.9/m68k-uclibc/bin/m68k-
uclinux-ranlib
export
STRIP=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1-uclibc-0.9/m68k-uclibc/bin/m68k-u
clinux-strip
Then I use the following line to configure freetype-2.1.7:
./configure --host=m68k-uclinux --enable-static
I am not sure if "--host=m68k-uclinux" is correct. Can you give your
opinion?
Then I did "make".
The compilation was successful.
Then I changed config of microwindows like this:
FREETYPE_FONT_DIR=/home/hiren/work/RemoteControl/fonts/truetype
HAVE_FREETYPE_2_SUPPORT = Y
INCFT2LIB =
/home/hiren/work/ltib-m532xevb-20061117/rpm/BUILD/freetype-2.1.7/include
LIBFT2LIB =
/home/hiren/work/ltib-m532xevb-20061117/rpm/BUILD/freetype-2.1.7/objs/.l
ibs/libfreetype.a
Then I rebuilt microwindows. The compilation was successful.
Once I downloaded the file into my ColdFire board. My file was located
in "/tmp". I got the following error messages once I ran my application.
I did NOT see the FreeType fonts. Some small built-in fonts were shown
on the screen.
fnt_createfont: /tmp/times.ttf,25 not found
Nano-X-Freetype2: Freetype 2 error 1 trying to load font.
freetype2_createfont: /tmp/times.ttf,25 not found
Then I copied "times.ttf" to "/tmp". I got the following error message
once I ran my application. But I saw the big fonts of FreeType. It's
working!!!
fnt_createfont: /tmp/times.ttf,25 not found
In my application, I call the following function to create the font:
font_times = GrCreateFont((GR_CHAR *)"/tmp/times.ttf", 25, NULL);
Any idea about this issue? Or I don't need to care about it since it's
working? Do I need to copy "times.ttf" to the file system on my uClinux
board?
Thanks and Regards,
Allen Yang
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Malkus ####@####.####
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 12:16 PM
To: ####@####.####
Subject: AW: [nanogui] how to cross compile FreeType font freetype1.3.1
Hi,
> Right now I am trying to add freetype font into my application so
that I
> can use different size of fonts. I downloaded FreeType library 1.3.1
> from microwindows.org. However, I could not figure out how to cross
> compile this library. It seems that the configration file is
> complicated.
> Any one here made it work? Would you please give me a direction?
Yes, with a ARM9 (AT91RM9200) but not with freetype 1.3.1.
I had much trouble with freetype and nano-X, too. Now it is ok.
I use microwindows 0.91 (or CVS source) and freetype 2.0.9 (you
must search with Google for freetype-2.0.9.tar.gz)
For compiling freetype2 define the exports for your toolchain.
Example:
export CC=arm-linux-3.4.2-gcc
export CXX=arm-linux-3.4.2-g++
export CPP=arm-linux-3.4.2-cpp
export AR=arm-linux-3.4.2-ar
export RANLIB=arm-linux-3.4.2-ranlib
export STRIP=arm-linux-3.4.2-strip
Change to the freetype-2.0.9 directory and use (with the option
for your processor architecture.
./configure --host=arm-linux --enable-static
make
After build of freetype2 change the config of microwindows:
FREETYPE_FONT_DIR=$(YOURPATH)/fonts/truetype
HAVE_FREETYPE_2_SUPPORT = Y
INCFT2LIB = $(YOURPATH)/freetype-2.0.9/include
LIBFT2LIB = $(YOURPATH)/freetype-2.0.9/objs/.libs/libfreetype.a
and do a rebuild on microwindows.
You could also use MWFONTDIR as path to the font directory.
Regards, Tom
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