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Small nitpick: Freetype works on Windows too. So the same code can be used to render fonts there. Though it is perhaps easier to use the native DirectWrite api.
by bjourne 7y ago
Small nitpick: Freetype works on Windows too. So the same code can be used to render fonts there. Though it is perhaps easier to use the native DirectWrite api.
- aquabeagle 7y agoAnd every other Unix. There's nothing Linux-specific about this post.
- kevingadd 7y agoDirectWrite isn't necessarily much easier, but it has many perks you don't get from freetype - kerning, combining characters, etc - and supports hardware acceleration, which is pretty cool. Because integrating pango/harfbuzz is so difficult I'm tempted to replace my freetype usages with DirectWrite...
- mmmrk 7y agoWhat makes integration of HarfBuzz difficult?
- vetinari 7y agoI guess it is part 1, building up the stage to Harfbuzz/Pango.