behdadMar 4

HarfBuzz 13.0.0 released with new experimental features: `hb-vector` for vector output of glyph outlines to SVG and `hb-raster` for rasterizing glyphs to A8 / BGRA32 images, among other features.

I would like to welcome our new contributors: Claude & Codex, without whom these new features would not have been possible.

https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/13.0.0

Release 13.0.0 · harfbuzz/harfbuzz

New experimental drawing and rendering libraries: New public hb-vector API for vector output of glyph outlines. The only supported output format currently is SVG. The new API is available in a sep...

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Show threadgaytabaseMar 4
@behdad extremely disappointed to hear harfbuzz now includes AI contributions. will be replacing harfbuzz in all my software accordingly.
Show threadbehdadMar 4
@dysfun Care to elaborate?
Show threadJulian HMar 5

@behdad @dysfun have you enclosed yourself in a rock with monkeys on typewriters, tech bros, and Elon Musk for the last ten years?

Asking this question is the equivalent to shitting on sometimes lawn and asking the neighbors to elaborate when they ask you to stop shitting on their lawn.

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@julianh @behdad @dysfun The most disheartening news of all to me was that Mastodon itself allows some AI "generated" code... I went open source and decentralized to get away from this stuff, and now I can't even recommend Mastodon with full confidence? What the fuck.
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