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diff --git a/src/3rdparty/harfbuzz-ng/README.md b/src/3rdparty/harfbuzz-ng/README.md index fc12c65568..4202961e04 100644 --- a/src/3rdparty/harfbuzz-ng/README.md +++ b/src/3rdparty/harfbuzz-ng/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ [](https://codecov.io/gh/harfbuzz/harfbuzz) [](https://repology.org/project/harfbuzz/versions) -This is HarfBuzz, a text shaping library. +# HarfBuzz + +HarfBuzz is a text shaping engine. It primarily supports [OpenType][1], but also +[Apple Advanced Typography][2]. HarfBuzz is used in Android, Chrome, +ChromeOS, Firefox, GNOME, GTK+, KDE, LibreOffice, OpenJDK, PlayStation, Qt, +XeTeX, and other places. For bug reports, mailing list, and other information please visit: @@ -14,14 +19,66 @@ For bug reports, mailing list, and other information please visit: For license information, see [COPYING](COPYING). +## Documentation + +For user manual as well as API documentation, check: https://harfbuzz.github.io + +## Download + +For tarball releases of HarfBuzz, look [here][3]. At the same place you +will also find Win32/Win64 binary bundles that include libharfbuzz DLL, +hb-view.exe, hb-shape.exe, and all dependencies. + +The canonical source tree is available on [github][4]. + +The API that comes with `hb.h` will not change incompatibly. Other, peripheral, +headers are more likely to go through minor modifications, but again, we do our +best to never change API in an incompatible way. We will never break the ABI. + +If you are not sure whether Pango or HarfBuzz is right for you, read [Pango vs +HarfBuzz][5]. + +## Development + For build information, see [BUILD.md](BUILD.md). For custom configurations, see [CONFIG.md](CONFIG.md). -For test execution, see [TESTING.md](TESTING.md). +For testing and profiling, see [TESTING.md](TESTING.md). -Documentation: https://harfbuzz.github.io +To get a better idea of where HarfBuzz stands in the text rendering stack you +may want to read [State of Text Rendering][6], though, that document is many +years old. Here are a few presentation slides about HarfBuzz at the +Internationalization and Unicode Conference over the years: +* November 2014, [Unicode, OpenType, and HarfBuzz: Closing the Circle][7], +* October 2012, [HarfBuzz, The Free and Open Text Shaping Engine][8], +* October 2009, [HarfBuzz: the Free and Open Shaping Engine][9]. + +Both development and user support discussion around HarfBuzz happens on the +[github][4]. + +To report bugs or submit patches please use [github][4] issues and +pull-requests. + +For a comparison of old vs new HarfBuzz memory consumption see [this][10]. + +<!--See past and upcoming [HarfBuzz Hackfests](https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz/Hackfests/)!--> + +## Name + +HarfBuzz (حرفباز) is my Persian translation of “[OpenType][1]”, +transliterated using the Latin script. It sports a second meaning, but that +ain’t translatable. + +> Background: Originally there was this font format called TrueType. People and +> companies started calling their type engines all things ending in Type: +> FreeType, CoolType, ClearType, etc. And then came OpenType, which is the +> successor of TrueType. So, for my OpenType implementation, I decided to stick +> with the concept but use the Persian translation. Which is fitting given that +> Persian is written in the Arabic script, and OpenType is an extension of +> TrueType that adds support for complex script rendering, and HarfBuzz is an +> implementation of OpenType complex text shaping. <details> <summary>Packaging status of HarfBuzz</summary> @@ -29,3 +86,14 @@ Documentation: https://harfbuzz.github.io [](https://repology.org/project/harfbuzz/versions) </details> + +[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/ +[2]: https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/RM06/Chap6AATIntro.html +[3]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases +[4]: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz +[5]: http://mces.blogspot.com/2009/11/pango-vs-harfbuzz.html +[6]: http://behdad.org/text/ +[7]: https://goo.gl/FSIQuC +[8]: https://goo.gl/2wSRu +[9]: http://behdad.org/download/Presentations/slippy/harfbuzz_slides.pdf +[10]: https://goo.gl/woyty |