On 14-03-05 12:14 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > Folks, > > > I just want to give a heads-up that FreeType now links to HarfBuzz > even in non-devel mode; by default, it links only to it if it can be > found. In case both FreeType and HarfBuzz need to be installed, you > have to first install FreeType, then HarfBuzz, then FreeType again.
Right. I've been following the ticket. > Would be nice if this chicken-and-egg problem could be resolved > eventually :-) Behdad, do you have already some ideas? I have, but I'm not sure you like to hear them. :) Allow me to digress a bit... Today Peter Constable contacted me to ask about the status / plans of implementing COLR/CPAL in FreeType. Reality is: it would have been much easier to implement those tables in FreeType if I could use some of HarfBuzz's design. This in turn brought this idea: we should amalgamate FreeType and HarfBuzz, and over time port FreeType implementation to use HarfBuzz abstractions. After that, redo FreeType API to adapt it to what we have learned in the past 15 years and call it FreeType 3. I'm just thinking loud right now, but something along those lines (building together) may be what we need. Or maybe not. I'll be thinking about it more. -- behdad http://behdad.org/ _______________________________________________ HarfBuzz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz
