FreeType was disabled "to prevent the need for libcguittfont.so", but I think this has been fixed since version 0.4.14.[1] Therefore, it is not necessary to keep -DENABLE_FREETYPE=FALSE. Enabling FreeType means Minetest can use vector fonts. [1]: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/d8975eabf95fac1881f75ab149d0cebeff3d10f3
minetest-0.4.16-2.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-4049c680bb
Thanks a lot for spending time on checking things!
minetest-0.4.16-2.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-4049c680bb
minetest-0.4.16-2.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.