Re: [gtk-osx-users] gtk2 failing to build + no pangoft2

[John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us>]

> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:56 AM, David Cooke <djcooke wintree plus com> wrote:
>
> Thank you.  In the first instance without freetype, Gtk built successfully.
> It failed to build when freetype was included.
>
> Gtk now builds successfully with freetype and I have pangoft2 at last.  Now
> I find I do not have Core Text for pango.
>
> The code I am trying to compile was written for linux using fontconfig and
> adapted for macOS with minimal change by making use of atsui fonts.  The
> program was originally built for macOS via gtk-osx and jhbuild without
> problems.
>
> Now atsui fonts seem to have since disappeared, but a switch from atsui to
> coretext fonts should have been straightforward.
>
> Is it possible to get pango built with both freetype and coretext?

It does. The CoreText support is built into libpangocairo-1.0.dylib. 

Regards,
John Ralls