@littlecalculist how big is harfbuzz?
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Replying to @robarnold
@robarnold Based on quick wc -l looks like roughly 34KLOC.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@littlecalculist ok, so more than a casual weekend of hacking :)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @robarnold
@robarnold Software based on human social constructs seems to be, on the whole, terrifying. (You may have some experience with this.)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @littlecalculist
@littlecalculist I thought HB was already thread safe? I was under that impression.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@littlecalculist@pcwalton HB uses callbacks and local buffers. It is CoreText and old freetype that has global locking. And maybe Cairo1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@littlecalculist@brrian CT finds and reads fonts. Feed its output and the string to HB to get glyphs. Feed those glyphs to Azure/CG to draw1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@littlecalculist @brrian We do, I believe
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