Post #759382
2026-02-01 10:28 UTC
A wave of manic energy in December had me put together a long deck called "HarfBuzz at 20! " , celebrating 20 years of HarfBuzz. 🎂
I designed the deck to be presented at the #WebEnginesHackfest later this year. Then reality hit that I cannot present this deck in any sane amount of time.
Inspired by all the great presentations coming out of #FOSDEM today, I decided that instead of tossing the deck out, I just put it out here to be read by the curious. I will present a highly condensed version at the hackfest in June.
Let me know what you think. 🙏
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o9Exz1c-Lr-dJjA8dcBn_Vl_Y37cupmFzmclMjBE_Bc/view
Replies (5)
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@yerke@hachyderm.io 2026-02-01 21:26
@behdad Great slides. Do you want to record a presentation based on these slides and just publish it here? I would love to watch it.
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@jdm_@mastodon.social 2026-02-02 09:09
@behdad This was a really interesting read!
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@crzwdjk@mastodon.social 2026-02-02 15:03
@behdad If nothing else I now know what the state of text shaping in Rust is (consolidating to the one library). The WASM-in-fonts thing is interesting, I'm still a bit skeptical but at least it makes sense why you would want it or something like it.
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@tajpulo@typo.social 2026-02-03 10:15
@behdad what is "timeboxing" as security mechanism? An inability to access the current datetime?
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@davebauerart@mastodon.social 2026-02-16 00:09
@behdad I just clicked because I had to know what HarfBuzz was. I learned a lot! I come from a web programming with a sde of typography enthusiast background.