Re: font stuff

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 07:04:40PM +0000, Robert Swindells wrote:
> 
> matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
> > for at least freetype, the pkgsrc version also enables png,
> > and brotli (though i have brotli ready to go for xsrc, i'm
> > less happy to have to update png on branches etc. when the
> > inevitable security issues come - png has been a lot better
> > the last few years, so maybe we can...)
> 
> I got pkgsrc to use the native font libraries by commenting out the
> brotli line in graphics/freetype2/buildlink3.mk. The setting of the
> png option doesn't seem to affect it.
> 
> Why does freetype need to link to libpng anyway?

emoji fonts for emojis that have more than the two colors black and
white often distribute their emojis as pngs (inside the font).
 Thomas