[TYPO3-dev] resize images : gd and freetype

[Ismaël Bidau]

Hello,

since years, I don't install Imagemagick on my server but I use 
extension jb_gd_resize. I don't need complex creation of images but only 
resizing.

On my mac, PHP 5.3.3 doesn't include freetype anymore.
I know I can compile PHP myself but it is not a so simple task.

I'm just asking why TYPO3 needs freetype just for scaling image (Install 
toll > Image Processing > Gd library fonction has "Fatal error Call to 
undefined function ImageTTFBBox()").


And perhaps having GD2 per default to resize images is a good idea. 
Nearly everybody want to resize images and it could simplified the 
system requirements.
http://forge.typo3.org/issues/20107

What do you think ?

Ismaël BIDAU