Bug #3219 Updated: GDTTF error

ID: 3219 Updated by: sander Reported By: chris@brenden.com Old Status: Suspended Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Redhat Linux 6.1 PHP Version: 4.0 Beta 3 Assigned To: markonen New Comment: AFAIK, FreeType is far out of beta, and is working great with PHP4. Closed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-10-14 15:49:04] markonen@php.net The latest status is that the FreeType 2 API has freezed and development work is now possible. The new API is a significant improvement overt the old 1.x API and being able to utilize its features in PHP would be great. However, it is also significantly different, and supporting it would constitute a complete rewrite of the TTF code. The new FreeType version includes a new rasterizer which is capable of producing either 1-bit or 8-bit (256-shade) type. The latter is *very* visually pleasing, but does not really fit into our current 8-bit imaging backend (gd). Based on these developments, I don't see a need to hack FreeType 2 support into the current gd-based architecture. I see it as a part of a more complete imaging overhaul. I reclassify this as a Feature/Change Request -- the FreeType 2 distribution contains instructions on how to work with FreeType 1.x host apps (like PHP). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-10-13 21:42:10] sniper@php.net I put this on suspend. Freetype2 is still beta. (although they claim having RC on their site..) --Jani ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-07-29 15:18:43] waldschrott@php.net what´s the progress here? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-02-23 14:25:12] sas@cvs.php.net Open -> Analyzed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-02-19 12:32:18] markonen@cvs.php.net There are known problems with using FreeType 2 with PHP4 at this time. As a workaround, you can revert to FreeType 1.3 or rename FreeType 2's truetype.h header file to freetype.h and libfreetype.a to libttf.a. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/?id=3219 Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=3219&edit=1