In January 2025, Hendrik Lewin modernized the build system for the hrydgard/freetype repository, focusing on improving dependency management and cross-platform compatibility. He transitioned the project’s CMakeLists.txt to use modern IMPORTED targets for zlib, libpng, and bzip2, raising the minimum CMake version to 3.12 to support newer tooling and enhance future maintainability. This work, centered on CMake and build systems, reduced fragility during library upgrades and laid the foundation for faster continuous integration and smoother downstream integration. Although no user-facing bugs were addressed, the changes provided a more robust and reliable build process for ongoing and future development.