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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipng/INSTALL b/Build/source/texk/dvipng/INSTALL index a97a5713987..c22c8431097 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/dvipng/INSTALL +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipng/INSTALL @@ -23,18 +23,27 @@ Prerequisites not have it, download it from `http://www.ctan.org' and compile it. I have no experience with this, so I cannot help much here. - * FreeType 2 and/or T1lib - - While not strictly necessary, you may want to have FreeType 2 or - T1lib available. Their presence will enable direct support for - PostScript fonts in dvipng, rather than using `gsftopk' for - rendering the fonts. If you have PostScript versons of Computer - Modern installed, there will be no need to generate bitmapped - variants on disk of these. Then, you can render images at - different (and unusual) resolutions without cluttering the disk - with lots of bitmapped fonts. If both FreeType 2 and T1lib are - present, FreeType will be internally preferred by dvipng, but - T1lib can be chosen at runtime. + * The font-rendering library FreeType 2 + + While not strictly necessary, FreeType 2 is recommended since + dvipng currently will produce better-quality images with this + library available. It will also enable direct support for + PostScript and TrueType fonts, and subfont support in dvipng. That + is, if you want to render CJK-LaTeX characters, you must have + FreeType 2 installed. With FreeType 2, dvipng will not need to + generate bitmapped variants on disk of the TeX fonts since modern + TeX distributions include PostScript versions of them. Then, you + can render images at different (and unusual) resolutions without + cluttering the disk with lots of bitmapped fonts. + + * The font-rendering library T1lib + + An alternative to FreeType 2 is T1lib, but this will enable only + PostScript fonts in dvipng, and will not include subfont support. + Also here, you can render images at different (and unusual) + resolutions without cluttering the disk with lots of bitmapped + fonts. If both FreeType 2 and T1lib are present, FreeType will be + internally preferred by dvipng, but T1lib can be chosen at runtime. * libpng and libz @@ -57,7 +66,7 @@ various files will be. To do so, run (Note: if you have fetched dvipng from CVS rather than a regular release, you will have to first generate `./configure' by running -`autoconf' 2.53 or later in the `preview' directory.) +`autoconf' 2.53 or later.) On many machines, you will not need to specify any options, but if `configure' cannot determine something on its own, you'll need to help |