[HarfBuzz] reduce size of executable

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 13-08-29 09:19 AM, mahavishnu wrote:
> I am using harfbuzz and freetype alone to render a bitmap,after linking all 
> the libraries statically i got 9.6MB size executable file.now i am thinking of 
> moving further by removing the unused funtions from the source to reduce the 
> executable size.Am i working in a right way?guide me.

There's a lot you can reduce without removing unused functions.  Perhaps you
can tell us about your platform?  Looks like you have debugging symbols in
your executable.  Have you tried stripping?  If you do that, HarfBuzz and
FreeType will be at most around 500kb each.

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