Re: [sword-devel] HarfBuzz

2015-12-12 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Hi David, basically, harfbuzz is part of the very low level system rendering side, if it is part of it. It would not likely ever be part of a frontend. If you run a Linux system with Gnome/GTK then chances are it is part of your stack. It is part of mine. As a result Xiphos here will use it if it

[sword-devel] HarfBuzz

2015-12-12 Thread David Haslam
Just a suggestion for CrossWire front-end developers. Could we provide better support for non-Roman scripts by incorporating HarfBuzz? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarfBuzz It's open source. Best regards, David PS. This topic was prompted by observing how few fonts render the Malayalam

Re: [sword-devel] HarfBuzz

2015-12-12 Thread DM Smith
No.but indirectly. It will be provided by frameworks that are used. E.g. Pango, qt. Cent from my fone so theer mite be tipos. ;) > On Dec 12, 2015, at 8:25 AM, David Haslam wrote: > > Just a suggestion for CrossWire front-end developers. > > Could we provide better

Re: [sword-devel] HarfBuzz

2015-12-12 Thread Greg Hellings
I believe Pango is in the stack for gtk and, therefore, Xiphos. --Greg On Dec 12, 2015 3:43 PM, "David Haslam" wrote: > Which of the front-ends use Pango? > > Do any front-ends use the SIL Graphite smart font technology? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_%28SIL%29

Re: [sword-devel] HarfBuzz

2015-12-12 Thread David Haslam
Which of the front-ends use Pango? Do any front-ends use the SIL Graphite smart font technology? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_%28SIL%29 It is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License and the Common Public License. David -- View this