On Wednesday 04 March 2009, David Hláčik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> long time ago I promised to create packages suitable for rpmfusion for
> following :
>
> Request: freetype (with patches to support subpixel rendering and
> bytecode interpreter)
> Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine
> URL:
http://www.freetype.org
> Why not in Fedora: Patent issues regarding cleartype filtering and
> bytecode interpreter
> Notes: this package should be part of a logical group of other patched
> packages supporting better subpixel rendering in Fedora, to bring up the
> font rendering to the level of Ubuntu, Windows XP/Vista and MacOS/X. These
> packages are: cairo, freetype, fontconfig, libXft (and maybe pixman, this
> should be checked). Source packages already exist with patches supporting
> these features for all the above packages at: ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/.
> Further info:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html
>
Is this different from freetype-freeworld?
The mention of "Ubuntu" probably means it includes Ubuntu's set of
non-upstreamed (and controversial) subpixel-rendering-related patches.
-- Rex