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diff --git a/freetype/docs/INSTALL.UNIX b/freetype/docs/INSTALL.UNIX index 7175ca093..251c749a3 100644 --- a/freetype/docs/INSTALL.UNIX +++ b/freetype/docs/INSTALL.UNIX @@ -81,9 +81,28 @@ or MSys on Win32: make make install + + 3.1 Interdependency with HarfBuzz + ................................. + + Note that there is a chicken-and-egg problem currently since the + HarfBuzz library (used by the auto-hinter to improve support of + OpenType fonts) depends on FreeType, which can be solved as + follows in case HarfBuzz is not yet installed on your system. + + 1. Call FreeType's `configure' script with option + `--without-harfbuzz', then compile and install FreeType. + + 2. Compile and install HarfBuzz. + + 3. Call FreeType's `configure' script without option + `--without-harfbuzz' (after executing `make distclean'), then + compile and install FreeType again. + + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Copyright 2003-2007, 2013 by +Copyright 2003-2007, 2013, 2014 by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, |