On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 12:38:11PM +0000, sylvain.bertr...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 12:57:30PM +0200, Lumidify Productions wrote: > > Hi, I just wanted to mention that there _is_ another layout engine, > > graphite (http://graphite.sil.org, https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite), but > > there is a different mentality behind it (all the layout data is included > > in the font itself), and it also is C++. > > You must use graphite specific font format. And as far as I can remember as a > c++ ABI only (the worst of the worst).
Actually, graphite2, the rework of the original engine, can be used in pure C. However, it is still written in C++. I just wanted to mention that harfbuzz technically isn't _the_ only shaping engine. Regarding the specific font format - I don't think that's necessarily a bad idea, especially for less used languages, but the way it is implemented may not be the best. -- Lumidify Productions
