Pango-1.2.5 released



Pango-1.2.5 is now available for download at:

 ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.2/

 pango-1.2.5.tar.bz2    md5sum: df00fe3e71cd297010f24f439b6c8ee6
 pango-1.2.5.tar.gz     md5sum: 4fd82bf5ee365c81968801e77bd50fd1

Pango-1.2.5 is a quick fix release for a a problem where the indic-xft 
shaper didn't get linked against all necessary files in Pango-1.2.4.

About Pango
===========

Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis
on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout
is needed, though most usage so far as been in the context of the
GTK+ widget toolkit. Pango forms the core of text and font handling 
for GTK+ 2.

Pango is designed to be modular; the core Pango layout can be used
with four different font backends:

 - Core X windowing system fonts
 - Client-side fonts on X using the Xft2 library
 - Direct rendering of scalable fonts using the FreeType library
 - Native fonts on Microsoft platforms

Dynamically loaded modules then handle text layout for particular
combinations of script and font backend. Pango-1.2 ships with a wide
selection of modules, including modules for Hebrew, Arabic, Hangul, 
Thai, and a number of Indic scripts. Virtually all of the world's major 
scripts are supported.

As well as the low level layout rendering routines, Pango includes
PangoLayout, a high level driver for laying out entire blocks of text,
and routines to assist in editing internationalized text.

More information about Pango is available from http://www.pango.org/.

Pango depends on version 2.2.0 or newer of the GLib library; more 
information about GLib can be found at http://www.gtk.org/.

Overview of Changes in Pango 1.2.5
==================================
* Fix a problem where the indic-xft shaper didn't get linked
  against all necessary files.

Owen Taylor
27 August 2003




[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Thread Index] [Date Index] [Author Index]