Only in blender-2.47: freetype-fix.diff
diff -ur blender-2.47.org/source/Makefile blender-2.47/source/Makefile
--- blender-2.47.org/source/Makefile	2008-08-01 21:49:11.000000000 +0200
+++ blender-2.47/source/Makefile	2008-10-14 06:52:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
       ifeq ($(OS), irix)
         COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib32/libfreetype.a
         else
-            COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/libfreetype.a
+            #COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/libfreetype.a
       endif
     endif
 endif
@@ -502,10 +502,10 @@
 $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderstatic: $(OBJS) $(GRPLIB) $(COMLIB) $(PULIB)
 	@echo "****> Link $@"
 ifdef NAN_BUILDINFO
-	$(CCC) $(REL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_DATE='"$(BUILD_DATE)"' -DBUILD_TIME='"$(BUILD_TIME)"' -DBUILD_REV='"$(BUILD_REV)"' -DBUILD_PLATFORM='"$(CONFIG_GUESS)"' -DBUILD_TYPE='"static"' $(BUILDINFO_C) -c -o $(BUILDINFO_O) -DNAN_BUILDINFO
+	$(CCC) $(REL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_DATE='"$(BUILD_DATE)"' -DBUILD_TIME='"$(BUILD_TIME)"' -DBUILD_REV='"$(BUILD_REV)"' -DBUILD_PLATFORM='"$(CONFIG_GUESS)"' -DBUILD_TYPE='"static"' $(BUILDINFO_C) -c -o $(BUILDINFO_O) -DNAN_BUILDINFO -lfreetype
 endif
 	mkdir -p $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin
-	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderstatic $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(GRPLIB) $(COMLIB) $(PULIB) $(LLIBS) $(SADD) $(LOPTS)
+	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderstatic $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(GRPLIB) $(COMLIB) $(PULIB) $(LLIBS) $(SADD) $(LOPTS) -lfreetype
 ifdef NAN_BUILDINFO
 	/bin/rm $(BUILDINFO_O)
 endif
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 	$(CCC) $(REL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_DATE='"$(BUILD_DATE)"' -DBUILD_TIME='"$(BUILD_TIME)"' -DBUILD_REV='"$(BUILD_REV)"' -DBUILD_PLATFORM='"$(CONFIG_GUESS)"' -DBUILD_TYPE='"dynamic"' $(BUILDINFO_C) -c -o $(BUILDINFO_O) -DNAN_BUILDINFO
 endif
 	mkdir -p $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin
-	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blender$(EXT) $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(GRPLIB) $(COMLIB) $(PULIB) $(LLIBS) $(DADD) $(LOPTS)
+	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blender$(EXT) $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(GRPLIB) $(COMLIB) $(PULIB) $(LLIBS) $(DADD) $(LOPTS) -lfreetype
 ifdef NAN_BUILDINFO
 	/bin/rm $(BUILDINFO_O)
 endif
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
 	$(CCC) $(REL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_DATE='"$(BUILD_DATE)"' -DBUILD_TIME='"$(BUILD_TIME)"' -DBUILD_REV='"$(BUILD_REV)"' -DBUILD_PLATFORM='"$(CONFIG_GUESS)"' -DBUILD_TYPE='"dynamic"' $(BUILDINFO_C) -c -o $(BUILDINFO_O) -DNAN_BUILDINFO
 endif
 	mkdir -p $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin
-	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderplayer$(EXT) $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(SPLIB1) $(COMLIB) $(SPLIB) $(LLIBS) $(DADD) $(LOPTS)
+	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderplayer$(EXT) $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(SPLIB1) $(COMLIB) $(SPLIB) $(LLIBS) $(DADD) $(LOPTS) -lfreetype
 ifdef NAN_BUILDINFO
 	/bin/rm $(BUILDINFO_O)
 endif
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 	$(CCC) $(REL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_DATE='"$(BUILD_DATE)"' -DBUILD_TIME='"$(BUILD_TIME)"' -DBUILD_REV='"$(BUILD_REV)"' -DBUILD_PLATFORM='"$(CONFIG_GUESS)"' -DBUILD_TYPE='"dynamic"' $(BUILDINFO_C) -c -o $(BUILDINFO_O) -DNAN_BUILDINFO
 endif
 	mkdir -p $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin
-	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderdynplayer$(EXT) $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(SPLIB1) $(COMLIB) $(SPLIB) $(LLIBS) $(DADD) $(LOPTS)
+	$(CCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DIR)/$(DEBUG_DIR)bin/blenderdynplayer$(EXT) $(BUILDINFO_O) $(OBJS) $(SPLIB1) $(COMLIB) $(SPLIB) $(LLIBS) $(DADD) $(LOPTS) -lfreetype
 ifdef NAN_BUILDINFO
 	/bin/rm $(BUILDINFO_O)
 endif