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diff --git a/print/perlftlib/pkg-descr b/print/perlftlib/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..37676088187c --- /dev/null +++ b/print/perlftlib/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +This is a package of libraries to use the FreeType library from the +perl language. It contains following pieces. + +<FreeType.xs> This is a simple caller of the FreeType library. It has +same API as the FreeType library, so please read a manual of that to +understand how to use this. + +<FreeTypeWrapper.pm> This is a simple wrapper of FreeType.xs to use +the FreeType library from perl with easy, perl-like API. + +<ftinfo.pl> This is a dumper of a lot of information in each TrueType +fonts. This convert them as human readable strings. + +<mkttfdir.pl> This is a maker of fonts.dir by parsing TTF and TTC +fils. It has special handler for DynaLab fonts, so it make good +fonts.dir automatically. And it detects what language's fonts are +contained in it by looking at code_page_range field in os2 table, so +it makes right entries. + +See also <http://www.io.com/~kazushi/xtt/#perlftlib> + +Note that ftinfo core-dumps with a signal 11 in case using +perl5.00502. :-) |