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> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:39:48 +0100
> Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
>     Pankaj> Another question: will this make any difference on MacOS when it is
>     Pankaj> supported?
> 
> I donʼt know. Coretext works well enough for me, but perhaps it has
> deficiencies that aren't obvious to me. Certainly it would be nice to
> only have to worry about one shaping library.

Yes, we should strive to support HarfBuzz on all GUI platforms.
Volunteers are welcome to work on that support on macOS.