<div dir="ltr">I think the short would be ideally not possible because not all Arabic glyphs have presentation forms but there could be work around like using fribidi. I think you will find this useful: <a href="http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/119" target="_blank">http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/119</a><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Ken Schutte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenschutte@gmail.com" target="_blank">kenschutte@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Is it possible to do "shaping" (not sure if that's the correct term here) without given a font?<br><br>I realize different fonts will support different features, but I want to input a unicode string and get information like,<br><br></div>- this 'ARABIC LETTER BEH' should use 'ARABIC LETTER BEH INITIAL FORM'<br></div>- this 'ARABIC SHADDA' will be combined with previous character<br></div>- mandatory ligatures (lam+alif)<br>etc<br></div><div>(of course will not get glyph coordinates)<br></div><div><br></div>Can I use harfbuzz for this or does it always require a font?<br> <br></div>Thanks,<br></div>Ken<br><br></div>
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