[HarfBuzz] Font-independent shaping

[Ebrahim Byagowi]

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:
http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/119

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Ken Schutte <kenschutte at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to do "shaping" (not sure if that's the correct term here)
> without given a font?
>
> I realize different fonts will support different features, but I want to
> input a unicode string and get information like,
>
> - this 'ARABIC LETTER BEH' should use 'ARABIC LETTER BEH INITIAL FORM'
> - this 'ARABIC SHADDA' will be combined with previous character
> - mandatory ligatures (lam+alif)
> etc
> (of course will not get glyph coordinates)
>
> Can I use harfbuzz for this or does it always require a font?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
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