Migrate to googlefonts/oxidize font tech stack - #77
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Still use ab_glyph_rasterizer for rasterize, but may will change to zeno someday. Core pipeline works, but codepoint query seems not correct, check it later.
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Due to #76, I would like to migrate to a technology stack that is still actively maintained.
Currently,
googlefonts/fontationsseems like a reasonable choice. Chromium appears to be gradually adopting some of its components, and the linebender project is also using it, while providing options such asfontiqueandparleyfor font enumaeration and layout.Current progress:
fontdb->fontiquettf-parser->read-fontsab_glyph->skrifa+ab_glyph_rasterizerskrifa+tiny-skia?dlopen?fontdb? leave for next PR.load_fonts_from_pathsseems have duplicate fonts.Fontique: duplication and redundant re-scanning in load_fonts_from_paths linebender/parley#683