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Re: [Freetype] Font files and vertical text
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Freetype] Font files and vertical text |
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Sun, 16 May 2021 07:35:04 +0000 (UTC) |
>> The modern applications trying to support the CJK vertical writing
>> mode use more complicated frameworks, like HarfBuzz.
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> Too many times I see questions on this list from people trying to do
> complicated font rendering directly in FreeType, when they should be
> using higher-level rendering/shaping engines like Cairo, HarfBuzz
> and Fribidi. They should be saving themselves some work.
Can you suggest or provide a documentation fix for the web page that
guides people into the right direction?
Werner