馃憢 @TheRealPomax Thanks for the AMA question. I wrote about my luck with, and the biggest WTF of, #HarfBuzz development and adoption here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1m6a7xo/comment/n4tmzeh/
Thanks everybody who participated. We will be working on an FAQ based on the questions, at:
We're doing a reddit AMA. Let us know how we could explain #HarfBuzz better!
There was a bug in 11.3.0; please use the followup release:
#HarfBuzz 11.3.0 is out:
- As always, lots of optimization work. Significantly faster drawing of mega variable-fonts, as well as vertical text layout.
- Rename "harfruzz" shaper to "harfrust" as per upstream project name change.
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@letterror @skalyan @TiroTypeworks Absolutely not. I was just talking to the economics of why mobile phones have higher density pixels.
That said, opsz should in an ideal world, depend on the angular size of the text, not the physical size. I believe we are in agreement there.
@skalyan @TiroTypeworks @letterror IMO it's more like this:
- More pixels enables reading smaller font sizes,
- Mobile and then laptop devices are used closer to the eyes than big monitors, so it is desirable to have smaller pixels on them to achieve the same perceived font size,
- But also, screen real estate is more important on smaller screens,
- Finally, high-res display panels are expensive. So, more feasible in small form factors.
