---------------------- GIMP FreeType ------------------------
     A GIMP font renderer based on the freetype library
-------------------------------------------------------------

The goal of this project is to get superb font support into
The GIMP. As a first step, we develop a plug-in for Gimp-1.2
based on the freetype2 library. Later (most probably for 
Gimp-2.0) this might become a tool or a pluggable module.

This is an alpha release. Do not expect it to work at all.
Don't bug us with useless bug reports. If you fail to install
it, make sure you've read the following lines carefully. If 
that doesn't help, you are lost.

To install this plug-in you need to have gimp-1.1.24 or later 
and the FreeType2 library installed. Grab freetype2 from 
http://www.freetype.org/. Compile and install it, then run
 
   ./configure
   make
   make install

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the 
file COPYING for details.

More info might be available at the projects homepage:
     http://freetype.gimp.org/


For serious questions and helpful bug-reports mail to
freetype@gimp.org. Please note that this is not a mailing list
that you can subscribe to automatically. If you want to join 
development, just ask politely and we'll add you to the list... 
