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A clarification: Druid proper uses the text layout capabilities of the platform (DirectWrite on Windows, Core Text on macOS, and Pango on Linux), while Xilem do
by raphlinus 4y ago
A clarification: Druid proper uses the text layout capabilities of the platform (DirectWrite on Windows, Core Text on macOS, and Pango on Linux), while Xilem does indeed use Parley. Lapce uses a fork of Druid that, as parent states, uses Parley for text layout.
It does look like a very good year coming up! I'm writing a reflection/wishes post as we speak.
- nicoburns 4y agoAh yes. I only really started following the Druid project closely recently, and I've focussed more on the newer sub-projects so my knowledge of Druid proper is limited (indeed partly because I am much more interested in "rust native" UI (to the extent that that is possible) than I am in toolkits that rely heavily on closed-source OS provided APIs.