Dear Behdad, Could you let me know more about what you mean by "HarfBuzz abstractions"?
Regards, mpsuzuki On 03/05/2014 05:30 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ HarfBuzz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz
