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diff --git a/Build/source/libs/freetype/freetype-1.5/announce b/Build/source/libs/freetype/freetype-1.5/announce new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..60318b40423 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/libs/freetype/freetype-1.5/announce @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ + + + Announcing + + + F R E E T Y P E 1 . 4 . 9 + + + The FREE TrueType Font Engine + + + Copyright (C) 1996-2001 The FreeType Development Team + + + + The FreeType engine is a free and portable TrueType font rendering + engine, available in ANSI C and Pascal source code. It has been + developed to provide TrueType support to a great variety of + platforms and environments. + + Notice that FreeType is a *library*. It is *not* a font server + for your preferred environment, even though it has been designed + to be the basis of many high-level libraries, tools and font + servers. + + + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + + WE HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT APPLE OWNS SEVERAL PATENTS + RELATED TO THE RENDERING OF TRUETYPE FONTS. THIS COULD MEAN THAT + THE FREE USE OF THE FREETYPE LIBRARY MIGHT BE ILLEGAL IN FRANCE, + UK, USA, AND POSSIBLY OTHER COUNTRIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE + STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO GO TO THE FREETYPE WEB SITE AT: + + http://www.freetype.org/patents.html + + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER + + + It's a clean-room implementation that is not derived from the + original TrueType engine developed by Apple and Microsoft, though + it matches it regarding rendering quality. To our knowledge, it's + the only royalty-free complete TrueType engine available. + + Some news: + + . version 1.5 fixes minor bugs found in 1.3.1. + . version 1.4 were never released officially (by us). + . full support for GSUB and GPOS tables in OpenType fonts. + . enhanced ftdump/ftstrtto test programs using GPOS support. + . ftstrpnm supports coloured text. + . TT_Char_Index() now uses a TT_ULong for char codes. + . support files for BeOS. + . the Pascal version is no longer part of the package but is + available separately. + . uses a new version of libtool, solving some compilation problems + with the test programs on some platforms like Solaris. + + + For more information, please visit the freetype web site at: + + http://www.freetype.org |