[tex-live] OK to update freetype2 source in TL?

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Wed Jul 12 02:43:01 CEST 2006


Hi Karl,

> What actually needs freetype2?  Akira, do the Windows binaries that you
> build use freetype2?  I'm wondering if those TL-specific Windows files
> are really needed, given that freetype2 has Windows support already.

IIRC W32 binary uses freetype 2.2.1 in dvipng.exe, ttf2pt1.exe
and in XeTeX.

Thanks,
Akira


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