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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipng/install.texi b/Build/source/texk/dvipng/install.texi index 05870bb69b4..877cf5ca7d1 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/dvipng/install.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipng/install.texi @@ -43,28 +43,25 @@ I have no experience with this, so I cannot help much here. @item The font-rendering library FreeType 2 -While not strictly necessary, a recent FreeType 2 is recommended since -dvipng currently will produce better-quality images when this library is -available. To take advantage of this, you should have at least FreeType -2.1.9. - -FreeType 2 will enable direct support for PostScript and TrueType fonts, -so that 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. - -Finally, it will enable subfont support in dvipng. That is, if you want -to render CJK-@LaTeX{} characters, you must have FreeType 2 installed. +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. @item 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 +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. +preferred by dvipng, but T1lib can be chosen at runtime. @item libpng and libz @@ -195,9 +192,9 @@ access the documentation. @ifset rawfile @section Copying -This program is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License -version 3, see the COPYING file in the dvipng distribution or -@url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}. +This program is released under the GNU General Public License, see the +COPYING file in the dvipng distribution or +@url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html}. -Copyright @copyright{} 2002-2008 Jan-@AA{}ke Larsson +Copyright @copyright{} 2002-2006 Jan-@AA{}ke Larsson @end ifset |