Remove external freetype requirement for building on Mac and Windows #551
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The font rendering library, freetype, is now included in OpenJDK source after JDK-8193017 was recently backported, removing the requirement of a pre-built freetype for Mac and Windows builds. This commit updates the build logic of those versions to no longer require some properties were previously needed for bundling freetype.
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Successfully built on MacOS (Ventura) and Windows (Windows Server 2019)
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