HarfBuzz 8.0 Revolutionizes Font Files with WebAssembly Shaper
HarfBuzz 8.0, the latest release of the text shaping library, introduces a new experimental WebAssembly shaper that allows embedding WebAssembly into font files for more flexibility in OpenType/AAT/Graphite shaping. The release also includes subsetting support for beyond-64k/VarComposites fonts, new APIs, and various performance optimizations, resulting in significant speed improvements for loading variable fonts and shaping.