libfreetype.so vanished with xorg-server 1.6 ?!?

[Stefan Dirsch]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 05:53:36PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 14:46:19 +0100, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I'm wondering what happened to libfreetype.so Xserver module. It's no
> > longer been built with xorg-server 1.6. Which module is supposed to
> > take over the server side font rendering for truetype and type1 fonts
> > now ?!? Yes, there are still X applications, who need it!
> > 
> AIUI this has simply been made non-modular.  freetype is still here (in
> libXfont), but now it's always loaded instead of being a separate server
> plugin.

Thanks for clarification. Indeed loading truetype fonts via 'xfd -fn'
still works.

Best regards,
Stefan

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