[SDL] Problems with SDL_ttf

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 01:40:16PM +0200, Torsten Giebl wrote:
> Hello !
> 
> 
> > We figured out the what they problem was in the SDL irc channel. Turns out
> > TTF_RenderText_Solid is not supported on linux. I had to use 
> > TTF_RenderText_Shaded.
> 
> 
> Is this a problem with SDL_ttf or with Freetype itself ?

As far as I'm concerned, I use TTF_RenderText_Solid fine under
GNU/Linux - except that I needed to upgrade FreeType to v2.3.5. The
FreeType package included in Debian Etch, and apparently Fedora Core 6
as well, has a bug.

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Sylvain