During the week before LGM, a volunteer team will write all-new documentation for the
HarfBuzz text-shaping engine
. Applications use HarfBuzz to map text strings into font glyphs, including complex positioning for Arabic and Indic scripts and advanced OpenType features. We will create a “Getting started” guide to help developers use HarfBuzz in their code, as well as supporting reference.
Volunteers are welcome! If you care about improving FOSS typography or just want to help write documentation, please join us. You can contact Nathan Willis (nwillis@glyphography.com) or write to the HarfBuzz mailing list (
https://lists.freedesktop.org/
Details about times and locations will be posted to the
off-track events page
as soon as they are available.