[HarfBuzz] hb_unicode_eastasian_width

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Jonathan Kew <jfkthame at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Behdad,
>
> Just wondering about hb_unicode_eastasian_width, and the underlying
> support for it in the unicode_funcs.... AFAICS this is not currently used
> in any way. (Or am I forgetting something important?)
>
> Do you have plans for this at all, or is it truly redundant?
>

It's redundant.  We should deprecate it and add another, redundant,
vertical-orientation property.  That will be useful by HarfBuzz clients,
for segmenting vertical text.  Having it in hb-unicode is handy because
client code can interact with hb-unicode API only.

Does that make sense to you?

b

Thx,  JK
>



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