>>> You want me to submit an item for the FAQ along the lines of “How >>> do I do advanced/language-specific text layout?”? >> >> Mhmm, this too, but I have thought of something quite at the top >> level to really, really scare people away from inventing the wheel >> again, underestimating the many difficulties that come with good >> typesetting. > > Yeah, but that’s a bit beyond my level of expertise.
Why? Perhaps we are miscommunicating: I don't want big explanations but just a 'hic sunt dracones' warning at https://www.freetype.org/ or maybe one level below (in addition to something more explicit in the FAQ). > I’m the kind of person who thinks HarfBuzz already does a pretty > good job ;). Me too. Werner