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HarfBuzz

HarfBuzz is a text shaping library. It allows programs to convert a sequence of Unicode input into properly formatted and positioned glyph output—for any writing system and language.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
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  • brew install harfbuzz

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What is HarfBuzz?

HarfBuzz is a text-shaping engine. If you give HarfBuzz a font and a string containing a sequence of Unicode codepoints, HarfBuzz selects and positions the corresponding glyphs from the font, applying all of the necessary layout rules and font features. HarfBuzz then returns the string to you in the form that is correctly arranged for the language and writing system.

HarfBuzz can properly shape all of the world's major writing systems. It runs on all major operating systems and software platforms and it supports the major font formats in use today.