PATCHES FOR FREETYPE CLIENTS

Patches for rogue FreeType clients

This page lists patches for various rogue libraries that depend on FreeType's internal features that are no longer provided starting with the 2.2.0 release. It also lists versions of applications which have been already fixed. For more information, please see this page.

Always try to apply the most recent (top-most) patch, even if it has been written for a previous revision. For example, if you want to fix ‘fontconfig’ try the 2.3.92 patch first. Only if it fails try the 2.3.2 one.

Note that all these patches are unofficial and unsupported. However, feel free to report problems if you find them.

• Cairo
  This patch makes the library use the new built-in FreeType LCD color filtering features. You need FreeType 2.3.1 (or newer)!
  Cairo 1.0.4
  Cairo 1.2.4
  

• FontConfig
  FontConfig versions 2.3.93 and higher don't use FreeType internals anymore.
  FontConfig 2.3.92
  FontConfig 2.3.2

• inkscape
  inkscape versions 0.44 and higher won't use FreeType internals anymore.
  inkscape 0.43

• KDE
  Use version 3.5.3 or newer.

• nvu
  This patch has been contributed by Ismail Donmez.
  nvu 1.0

• OpenOffice
  All current versions of OpenOffice.org include internal headers; this will be fixed either in 2.0.3 or 2.0.4. (The fix is applied to the CVS, but still waiting for approval for the 2.0.3 branch).

  Until then, you can use this patch.

• Pango
  Pango versions 1.10.0 and higher don't use FreeType internals anymore.
  Updating to version 1.10.1 is strongly recommended, since it contains significant performance improvements.
  Pango 1.8.1 (version 04-Jun-2006)

• poppler
  Use version 0.5.1 or newer.

• Qt 3
  Qt versions 3.3.6 and higher don't use FreeType internals anymore.
  Qt 3.3.5

• Scribus
  Use version 1.3.3.2 or newer.

• SDL_ttf
  SDL_ttf 2.0.7

• Xft
  This patch makes the library use the new built-in FreeType LCD color filtering features. You need FreeType release 2.3.1 (or newer)!
  Xft 2.1.7 (patch from 01-Oct-2006)

• XPDF
  XPDF 3.01

• Xprint
  Monolithic versions of Xprint supplied up to and including X.org version X11R6.9 use FreeType internals but should continue to build safely since FreeType source code is bundled in the tarball (in xc/extras/freetype2).

  Modular Xprint in X11R7.0 is not currently operational. It is expected to be restored in X11R7.1, including FreeType support. FreeType internals will no longer be used according to the patch provided at Xprint bug #603. Other issues supporting FreeType in Xprint are under discussion at the xorg-modular mailing list.