From 9d7d4541e45c31619bee15a391019c42cd305c98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: IoI_xD <alphaproject217@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:44:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] dynload freetype2

---
 pl/rules.pl    |  6 +-----
 src/text/ft2.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pl/rules.pl b/pl/rules.pl
index a707f81..764c581 100644
--- a/pl/rules.pl
+++ b/pl/rules.pl
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ add_incdir("-Iexternal/libz/include");
 
 if (param_get("freetype2")) {
     add_cflags("-DUSE_FREETYPE2");
-    if ($cross) {
-        add_libs("-lfreetype");
-    }
-    else {
+    if (!$cross) {
         add_cflags(`pkg-config --cflags freetype2`);
-        add_libs(`pkg-config --libs freetype2`);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/text/ft2.c b/src/text/ft2.c
index c30f3da..55f6096 100644
--- a/src/text/ft2.c
+++ b/src/text/ft2.c
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
+static struct {
+	FT_Error (*FT_Init_FreeType)(FT_Library* alibrary);
+	FT_Error (*FT_New_Memory_Face)(FT_Library     library,
+				       const FT_Byte* file_base,
+				       FT_Long	      file_size,
+				       FT_Long	      face_index,
+				       FT_Face*	      aface);
+	FT_Error (*FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes)(FT_Face face,
+				       FT_UInt pixel_width,
+				       FT_UInt pixel_height);
+	FT_Error (*FT_Load_Char)(FT_Face  face,
+				 FT_ULong char_code,
+				 FT_Int32 load_flags);
+	FT_Error (*FT_Done_Face)(FT_Face face);
+	FT_Error (*FT_Done_FreeType)(FT_Library library);
+
+} ft_table;
+
 struct _MwFLFont {
 	FT_Library library;
 	FT_Face	   face;
@@ -37,7 +55,7 @@ static int ft2_MwDrawText(MwWidget handle, MwPoint* point, const char* text, int
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		FT_Load_Char(ttf->face, c, FT_LOAD_RENDER);
+		ft_table.FT_Load_Char(ttf->face, c, FT_LOAD_RENDER);
 		bmp = &ttf->face->glyph->bitmap;
 
 		for(cy = 0; cy < bmp->rows; cy++) {
@@ -90,7 +108,7 @@ static int ft2_MwTextWidth(MwWidget handle, const char* text) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		FT_Load_Char(ttf->face, c, FT_LOAD_RENDER);
+		ft_table.FT_Load_Char(ttf->face, c, FT_LOAD_RENDER);
 
 		tw += ttf->face->glyph->metrics.horiAdvance / 64;
 		if(tw > mtw) mtw = tw;
@@ -110,10 +128,10 @@ static void* ft2_MwFontLoad(unsigned char* data, unsigned int size) {
 	MwFLFont ttf = malloc(sizeof(*ttf));
 	ttf->data    = malloc(size);
 	memcpy(ttf->data, data, size);
-	FT_Init_FreeType(&ttf->library);
-	FT_New_Memory_Face(ttf->library, ttf->data, size, 0, &ttf->face);
+	ft_table.FT_Init_FreeType(&ttf->library);
+	ft_table.FT_New_Memory_Face(ttf->library, ttf->data, size, 0, &ttf->face);
 
-	FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(ttf->face, 0, 14);
+	ft_table.FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes(ttf->face, 0, 14);
 
 	return ttf;
 }
@@ -121,14 +139,27 @@ static void* ft2_MwFontLoad(unsigned char* data, unsigned int size) {
 static void ft2_MwFontFree(void* handle) {
 	MwFLFont ttf = handle;
 
-	FT_Done_Face(ttf->face);
-	FT_Done_FreeType(ttf->library);
+	ft_table.FT_Done_Face(ttf->face);
+	ft_table.FT_Done_FreeType(ttf->library);
 
 	free(ttf->data);
 	free(ttf);
 }
 
 int MWFL_FT2Setup(void) {
+	/* Try and load FreeType2. If it fails, return 1, signifying we default to stbtt.  */
+	void* ftlib;
+	if(!(ftlib = MwDynamicOpen("libfreetype.so"))) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	ft_table.FT_Init_FreeType   = MwDynamicSymbol(ftlib, "FT_Init_FreeType");
+	ft_table.FT_New_Memory_Face = MwDynamicSymbol(ftlib, "FT_New_Memory_Face");
+	ft_table.FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes = MwDynamicSymbol(ftlib, "FT_Set_Pixel_Sizes");
+	ft_table.FT_Load_Char	    = MwDynamicSymbol(ftlib, "FT_Load_Char");
+	ft_table.FT_Done_Face	    = MwDynamicSymbol(ftlib, "FT_Done_Face");
+	ft_table.FT_Done_FreeType   = MwDynamicSymbol(ftlib, "FT_Done_FreeType");
+
 	MwFLDrawText   = ft2_MwDrawText;
 	MwFLTextWidth  = ft2_MwTextWidth;
 	MwFLTextHeight = ft2_MwTextHeight;