Re: is GD being actively maintained?
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:43:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: is GD being actively maintained? | ||
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hi Rasmus,
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Rasmus Schultz <rasmus@mindplay.dk> wrote:
> I opened this bug report 2 years ago:
>
> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52756
>
> Is GD still actively maintained?
yes. Slowly but yes, we will finally merge 2.1 in 5.5 too.
> Perhaps something more modern with real drawing capabilities and a better
> typographic engine?
there is gd/pango available too, it allows to replace freetype
functions transparently. Pango is much better for rendering. Not sure
if the bug you refer to is a freetype bug or something else tho'.
Cheers,
--
Pierre
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