This would certainly be beneficial for the XeTeX "oxidation" efforts[1] for fonts parsing and shaping[2]. There is also a number of existing alternatives: font-

This would certainly be beneficial for the XeTeX "oxidation" efforts[1] for fonts parsing and shaping[2]. There is also a number of existing alternatives: font-kit[3], Skribo[4], RustType[5], ttf-parser[6]. Some of them are just parsers, some - font shapers. Still all of them are relevant to the subject. [1] https://github.com/crlf0710/tectonic https://github.com/crlf0710/tectonic [2] https://github.com/crlf0710/tectonic/issues/117 https://github.com/crlf0710/tectonic/issues/117 [3] https://github.com/servo/font-kit https://github.com/servo/font-kit [4] https://github.com/linebender/skribo https://github.com/linebender/skribo [5] https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rusttype/ https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rusttype/ [6] https://github.com/RazrFalcon/ttf-parser https://github.com/RazrFalcon/ttf-parser