[PATCH] X-TrueType support
Package: xfree86-1
Version: 3.3.3.1-10
Severity: wishlist
I made TrueType font support (X-TureType written by X-TT project,
http://x-tt.dsl.gr.jp/) patch for Debian XFree86 package.
There are two major free implementation to support TrueType font
rendering on XFree86.
o X-TrueType(aka X-TT) written by X-TT project
http://x-tt.dsl.gr.jp/
o xfsft written by Juliusz Chroboczek
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/
These (X-TT and xfsft)codes are already merged into XFree86 3.9.15
(XFree86 4.0 snapshot).
X-TT is widely used in Japan (and CJKV countries). All Japanese
localized Linux distribution (RedHat[J], TurboLinux, Vine Linux and
Plamo Linux) provides X-TT. So, X-TT is already well tested and
stable.
I'm one of the X-TT upstream author (and also XFree86 devel member)
and I already provide xfree86-xtt .deb packages for Debian JP
Project. I think that TrueType font support on XFree86 is very
important. So I'll be happy to merge X-TT into xfree86 .deb package.
There are two patches for Debian X-TT, these patches are made on
Branden's experimental XFree86 3.3.4 source tree.
Patches can download from bellow:
http://www.debian.or.jp/~ishikawa/dists/unstable/main/patches/
099_x-truetype.diff is to puts into xfree86-3.3.4-1/debian/patches.
debian.diff is patch for xfree86-3.3.4-1/debian/ files.
If these patches are applied, libfont will be compiled as shared
library(This is X-TT optional feature). And also X-TT dynamic loading
code conversion modules will be build. Code conversion modules are
loading from libfont dynamically.
Libfont is used by X Servers(XF86_*, XF68_*, Xprt, Xnest, Xvfb), xfs
and mkfontdir. If libfont and code conversion modules into a package,
X Servers, xfs and xbase-clients are depend on it. So I separate
libfont and code conversion modules from already exist packages, and
made independ package that includes libfont and code conversion module
only. Please see debian/control
I'm also experimental packages for testing X-TT (binary-i386 and
binary-alpha. I'll be able to provide binary-sparc soon)
If you want to test these binaries, please add bellow into
/etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.debian.or.jp/~ishikawa unstable main
deb-src http://www.debian.or.jp/~ishikawa unstable main
I'll be happy to merge these patches into next xfree86-1 .deb
packages, Thanks.
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Fri Aug 13 22:38:35 JST 1999
ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
a director of Japan Linux Association <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
a member of Debian project <ishikawa@debian.org>
a member of Debian JP project <ishikawa@debian.or.jp>
a member of X-TrueType project (TrueType fonts support for X)
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