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+[submodule "lib/freetype"]
+	path = lib/freetype
+	url = https://github.com/fvanroie/freetype
diff --git a/lib/freetype b/lib/freetype
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+Subproject commit 2c4a20196b45f13f7f3a609ec627007c1188bdb7