This directory contains solution and project files for Visual C++ 2010 or newer, named freetype.sln, and freetype.vcxproj. It compiles the following libraries from the FreeType 2.9 sources:
Both Win32 and x64 builds are supported. Build directories and target files are placed in the top-level objs directory.
Customization of the FreeType library is done by editing the ftoption.h header file in the top-level devel path. Alternatively, you may copy the file to another directory and change the include directory in freetype.users.props.
To configure library dependencies like zlib and libpng, edit the freetype.users.props file in this directory. It also simplifies automated (command-line) builds using msbuild.
To link your executable with FreeType DLL, you may want to define FT2_DLLIMPORT so that the imported functions are appropriately attributed with dllimport.