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diff --git a/libraries/ftgl/README b/libraries/ftgl/README index 38ead6cc5e7d0..f7b12ee5eadcf 100644 --- a/libraries/ftgl/README +++ b/libraries/ftgl/README @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ -FTGL is a font rendering library for OpenGL applications. +ftgl (font rendering library for OpenGL applications) FTGL is a free, open source library to enable developers to use -arbitrary fonts in their OpenGL (www.opengl.org) applications. -Unlike other OpenGL font libraries FTGL uses standard font file -formats so doesn't need a preprocessing step to convert the high -quality font data into a lesser quality, proprietary format. -FTGL uses the Freetype (www.freetype.org) font library to open and -'decode' the fonts. It then takes that output and stores it in a -format most efficient for OpenGL rendering. +arbitrary fonts in their OpenGL (www.opengl.org) applications. Unlike +other OpenGL font libraries FTGL uses standard font file formats so +doesn't need a preprocessing step to convert the high quality font +data into a lesser quality, proprietary format. FTGL uses the Freetype +(www.freetype.org) font library to open and 'decode' the fonts. It +then takes that output and stores it in a format most efficient for +OpenGL rendering. + +By default, the HTML and PDF API documentation for ftgl is not +included in the package. If you want to build the docs, export +DOCS=yes in the script's environment. You only need this if you're +developing software that uses ftgl. |