HarfBuzz 8.4.0 is out, with few but important fixes. Namely, adapt `hb-subset` to produce fonts that work around a bug in some versions of Adobe InDesign with Variable Fonts.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

They adopted HarfBuzz حرف‌باز, but as far as I can tell, they didn't make it default (at least not initially). So their broken shaper was still the default.

And then things like this happen:
github.com/notofonts/arab…
github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

Why is it so hard to JUST USE HARFBUZZ?

We surely didn't expect this one...

youtube.com/watch?v=qFd8vs…

Sadly, Saber @Rastikerdar has passed away due to #cancer .
Saber was a #font designer and an active member of the free and open-source software community. Among his significant designs is the #VazirMatn font (used in @Telegram's #Persian interface).
His memory is cherished, and…

I presented a paper titled 'Modernizing Parametric type design - A case study of Nupuram Malayalam typeface' at Typoday 2023, Banaras Hindu University. Here is the link to paper(pdf): typoday.in/spk_papers/San…

🎙️Fontra Event!
This Friday 20th of October Just van Rossum is going to do a live demo of Fontra, our WIP Font Editor.
The demo will last 40 minutes, leaving 20 minutes at the end for discussion.
Make a note in your calendar!

meet.google.com/jxf-rvst-cib

fontra.xyz

HarfBuzz 8.2.2 is out with a couple of regression bug fixes. Please update.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

Thanks to HarfBuzz حرف‌باز, the “Adobe World-Ready Composer” in Adobe InDesign 2024 (aka Version 19), which was released just yesterday, is finally world-ready. helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using…

HarfBuzz 8.1.1 is released, fixing a major bug introduced in 8.1.0. Please update.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

HarfBuzz 8.1.0 is released, with more speedups and build fixes.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

Yesterday I fixed the first bug in HarfBuzz that was purely introduced by trusting GitHub CoPilot code suggestion too much.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

HarfBuzz 8.0.1 is out with a couple of build fixes and some more major optimizations.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

HarfBuzz 8.0.0 is out, with a new experimental WebAssembly shaper, and a plethora of speed-ups. Check it out!

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

My slides from the #OpenType 2.0 panel at #ATypI 2023 Paris: 'Better-Engineered Font-Formats—an update':

docs.google.com/presentation/d…

HarfBuzz 7.0.0 is out! COLRv1 rendering, Cairo-graphics integration, experimental l cubic Bézier curves in the 'glyf' table, CFF2 instancing, and vastly improved memory consumption are some of the highlights in this release.

github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…

There are 3 (!) COLRv1 font renderers in the text rendering stack now (in freetype, cairo, and HarfBuzz), and they all work pretty well. We just added support for custom palettes:

Harfbuzz can now render COLRv1 fonts, in all their glory. The new hb-paint api was just merged