Re: GD 2.0.1 and FreeType 2

On 2001-04-13 20:59:21, "Brian Moon" <brian@phorum.org> wrote: > Ok, first, I had to edit gdttf.c and change: > > #if HAVE_LIBTTF && !defined(USE_GD_IMGSTRTTF) > to: > #if (HAVE_LIBTTF|HAVE_FREETYPE) && !defined(USE_GD_IMGSTRTTF) OK. I was using "--enable-gd-native-ttf", so this didn't come up. > Next I was getting complaints about not finding freetype.h. I edited the > configure script and fixed what I guess was a typo: > > FREETYPE2_INC_DIR="$i/include/freetype/freetype2" > to > FREETYPE2_INC_DIR="$i/include/freetype2/freetype" Yes a typo, although I could have sworn I had written it the correct way around. > Then I started getting errors about freetype/config/ftheader.h not existing. > So, I hand edited config_vars.mk and added -I/usr/local/include/freetype2. > It found the file fine then. > Now I get massive parse errors. > gdttf.c:74: parse error before `TT_Engine' > [snip] Ouch. This is because gdttf.c assumes freetype 1.x. A workaround is to use --enable-gd-native-ttf, but beware! the font size is then measured in points whereas it was previously measured in pixels - the fonts on your images will get bigger unless you adjust your PHP code.. I'm not sure what to do about this - the native GD routines look nicer (fonts are smoother). Is it worth the trouble of updating the PHP equivalent for GD 2.0 and later? For now, I have settled on the following behaviour: ./configure "--with-jpeg-dir" \ "--with-png-dir" \ "--with-freetype-dir" \ "--with-gd" If freetype2 is found, --with-ttf=no and --enable-gd-native-ttf are assumed. This is going into CVS as we speak. --Wez.