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Interesting. So does all text in the browser go through the same problem space? Canvas, SVG, and HTML? (also a question to the siblings here! I'm not totally c
by dakom 7y ago
Interesting. So does all text in the browser go through the same problem space? Canvas, SVG, and HTML?
(also a question to the siblings here! I'm not totally clear on HN etiquette when one wants a "reply all"...)
- Manishearth 7y agoSVG and HTML use the browser's text rendering stack, which is pretty good. (Native UI elements also benefit from native rendering stacks). Canvas has the same problem, though there are tricks like compiling Harfbuzz to wasm to get around that. There are proposals for a Web Shaping API to expose the underlying shaping engine used by the browser.
- dakom 7y agoThanks!