[HarfBuzz] Quick show of hands needed

[Evan Martin]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org> wrote:
> I'm wondering: should harfbuzz try compatibility composition/decomposition
> (NFKC/NFKD) if a font doesn't support a character?
>
> It's easy to do so, but I'm sure how desirable that is.

In general, the less harfbuzz does, the better; makes it more
pluggable into weird environments.

If it's not possible to do this outside of harfbuzz or if having
harfbuzz do it somehow affects performance in an important way, then
maybe I'd say it's a better idea.