HarfBuzz Slug Support with WebGL

28 points
1/21/1970
3 days ago
by mcraiha

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notachatbot123

HarfBuzz = text shaping engine, https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz

Slug = Formely patented font rendering algorithm for GPUs, freed 2 weeks ago https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html

2 days ago

tikimcfee

Very cool. I've noticed slug popping up more often on HN and I've been thinking of finding a way to incorporate it into my project as well.

Is this yours? What's your rendering system like - anything novel or fun you run into when working with text and GPU parallelism?

2 days ago

mcraiha

Not mine. I noticed that Aras was mentioning it https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aras/116335267839588454

2 days ago

jasonjmcghee

Note to author: the WebGL has great zoom settings, but WebGPU has different ones that feel very low-sensitivity (at least on trackpad on macos)

2 days ago

eviks

Are there good explanations/demos comparing this to msdf?

2 days ago