DP should use the system libfreetype & libfontconfig

[n8gray@…]

I just spent a few hours trying to figure out why I couldn't see my fonts in Inkscape, only to find that it was because DP uses its own libfreetype and libfontconfig. The last thing users and sysadmins need is a parallel world of DarwinPorts font configuration. It would be much better to use the system libfreetype/fontconfig.

At the *very* least $prefix/etc/fonts/local.conf should include the following lines so that the OS X native font directories are examined:

<!-- Include all of the OS X font directories --> <dir>~/Library/Fonts</dir> <dir>/Library/Fonts</dir> <dir>/Network/Library/Fonts</dir> <dir>/System/Library/Fonts</dir>

[toby@…]

The system (i.e., Apple X11) freetype and fontconfig are hopelessly outdated.

[n8gray@…]

Fine, but you could at least add the entries to the local.conf file so the native fonts will be picked up. That would solve the matter for 90% of users.