It seems that the PIL build is missing freetype *and* it's not even linked to a dynamic version of it. Very strange.
>>> import _imagingft Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: Failure linking new module: /Library/Frameworks/ Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/PIL/ _imagingft.so: Symbol not found: _FT_New_Face Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/ lib/python2.4/site-packages/PIL/_imagingft.so Expected in: flat namespace $ otool -L /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/PIL/_imagingft.so /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site- packages/PIL/_imagingft.so: /usr/lib/libmx.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 47.1.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 88.1.3) _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig