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Yeah kerning is still WIP

• rwmj 5y ago
  Honestly the amount of crazy code involved in Linux font rendering[1], and then you get to CJKV support[2], it's mind-boggling. Even then, it's nowhere near as good as macOS :-/ [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango & https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz [2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lunde/dp/1565922247 https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lun...
  • copperx 5y ago
    I'll disagree. Linux has better font rendering than Windows and macOS.
    • jibbers 5y ago
      Can you expand on that a little? I know a little bit about how Windows and macOS handle font rendering, but I know nothing about how Linux does things.
• 1MachineElf 5y ago
  If it had kerning, then would it still be brutalist?