I think the short would be ideally not possible because not all Arabic glyphs have presentation forms but there could be work around like using fribidi. I think you will find this useful: http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/119
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Ken Schutte <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to do "shaping" (not sure if that's the correct term here) > without given a font? > > I realize different fonts will support different features, but I want to > input a unicode string and get information like, > > - this 'ARABIC LETTER BEH' should use 'ARABIC LETTER BEH INITIAL FORM' > - this 'ARABIC SHADDA' will be combined with previous character > - mandatory ligatures (lam+alif) > etc > (of course will not get glyph coordinates) > > Can I use harfbuzz for this or does it always require a font? > > Thanks, > Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > HarfBuzz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz > >
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