Cygwin font problems

[Robin Becker]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Is anyone aware of (a fix for) problems I'm having getting PIL 1.1.5 to 
> create bitmaps using TrueType and openType fonts? When I create an image 
> using the standard PIL fonts everything seems fine, but when I use 
> ImageFont.truetype(<font-file>, <size>) no text is drawn.
> 
> setup.py reports from debug print statements that it's finding freetype21.
> 
> The same code using (Fredrik's pre-built binary) on Windows runs 
> correctly and produces correct images.
> 
> Cygwin runs Python 2.4.1, Windows runs 2.4. Any light on this mystery 
> gratefully received.
> 
> regards
>  Steve
Could PIL have been compiled without freetype support perhaps?

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Robin Becker