HarfBuzz 14.2 is out with more improvements to its GPU-accelerated text shaping library

Posted by somerandomxander@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 6 comments

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0riginal-Syn@reddit

I have been in open-source for \~35 years. I truly love the names we have for projects, even large industry stand ones like HarfBuzz.

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Harf means "letter" in Turkish. But if I recall correct the main developer was Persian, and the "harf" was originating from original Persian meaning, which I don't really remember now. It's funny to me everytime I see Harfbuzz, I know what I'm looking at directly.

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hackingdreams@reddit

HarfBuzz means "OpenType" in Persian. Because HarfBuzz was originally an OpenType shaping engine for/extracted from FreeType, go figure.

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0riginal-Syn@reddit

Thanks for the insight!

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boukensha15@reddit

What's wrong with HarfBuzz?

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0riginal-Syn@reddit

For me, Nothing.