[HarfBuzz] Font-independent shaping

[Khaled Hosny]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 07:07:44AM -0600, Ken Schutte wrote:
> 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)

What is the intended use for this?

Regards,
Khaled