[HarfBuzz] A Ruby interface to Harfbuzz

Behdad Esfahbod behdad.esfahbod at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 12:22:50 PST 2015


Hi John,

I'm no Ruby user, but the API looks good.

Cheers,

behdad

On 15-10-02 09:50 AM, John Labovitz wrote:
> I’ve just worked up a preliminary Ruby gem that interfaces to the Harfbuzz library (using FFI). It’s not a full implementation, but is enough to do basic shaping. I’m using it successfully in a Ruby-based typesetting library that I’m developing.
> 
> Here’s an example of how the gem can be used:
> 
> 	https://github.com/jslabovitz/harfbuzz-gem/blob/master/examples/example.rb
> 
> More info here:
> 
> 	https://github.com/jslabovitz/harfbuzz-gem
> 
> And it’s on Rubygems — so ‘gem install harfbuzz’ if you dare.
> 
> I’d love to hear from any Ruby users who find it useful, or anyone who would like to provide some feedback about the API.
> 
> Best,
> —John
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