how to add a packages to rpmfusion: cairo, libXft, freetype

Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 4 13:39:47 CET 2009


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?


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