On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 07:19:19PM +0000, Pip Cet wrote:

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> And this is where it gets back to "let's not hardcode the dependency
> on Harfbuzz and FreeType, because other backends might actually give
> us the information we need".

But how should a backend guess where the subparts of a cluster are
without the font providing it? And in the latter case, HarfBuzz
does give us the info.

Cheers
-- t