Can you build XServer 1.8 replacing freetype with a different font render?
 

Can you build the new XServer 1.8 and replace freetype with another font renderer? In previous version I wasn't able to do this as freetype was a built-in. I understand this new version of XServer is more modular. Has anyone tried this?

What ???

you might want to give us some more info if you expect us to help you

for starters :
your opperating system ?
and WHY build x1.8 and not install it from your package manager

as to freetype
is this Gnome? KDE ? xfce? e17 ? what ?

I am running Ubuntu 2.28 w/Gnome 2.28.1 and xServer has already been installed but I would like to rebuild it using a different font renderer. Someone told me the latest version of xServer employed a more modular build process. I was hoping that freetype was now a module that could be replaced with a another font renderer in the build.