Re: [ft-devel] porting Freetype

[mpsuzuki]

Hi,

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On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:46:27 -0400
address@hidden wrote:

>I am considering porting Freetype to C# in order to run in a browser under 
>Silverlight.  My application has to be completely in managed code, so I 
>cannot make calls to a C/C++ library.  Has anyone attempted to port 
>Freetype to C#?  Does anyone know of any issues that would make this 
>impossible?

I've never played with C# nor Silverlight, so I cannot
give reliable comment. In 2007, Yves Goergen found a
FreeType for .NET environment:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2007-11/msg00038.html

It had moved to here:

  
http://www.pointscapestudios.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:isefreetype&catid=39:developer&Itemid=58

That's all I could find in mailing list archive.

BTW, I'm not sure why FreeType is required in Silverlight.
Silverlight cannot use system's native font framework?

Regards,
mpsuzuki