[HarfBuzz] How to increase harfbuzz numerical precision

[Behdad Esfahbod]

HarfBuzz coordinates work in a int32 space.  You are free to set whatever
scales you want on the font.  For example, use 6 or 8 or 10 or 16 bits of
sub-pixel precision by multiplying your scale by a number.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Kelvin Ma <kelvinsthirteen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It appears that harfbuzz rounds all decimals to integers when giving glyph
> advances and offsets. This is causing some ugly misalignment problems in
> arabic shaping, as well as latin cursive fonts. (see pictures)
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> How do I get harfbuzz to preserve the floats?
>
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