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07/08 2019
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Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format is no more, as the creators of -Pango, one of the most widely used text rendering -libraries, -announced -their plans for Pango 1.44.

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Until recently, Pango used FreeType to draw fonts. They will be moving over -to Harfbuzz, an evolution of FreeType.

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Why?

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In short, FreeType was hard to work with. It required complex logic, and -provided no advantage over Harfbuzz (other than being able to fetch -opentype metrics with ease).

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Upgrading to Pango v1.44 will break your GTK applications (if you use a -bdf/pcf bitmap font). Harfbuzz does support bitmap-only OpenType fonts, -otbs. Convert your existing fonts over to otbs using -FontForge. It is to be noted that applications -such as xterm and rxvt use xft (X FreeType) to render fonts, and will -remain unaffected by the update.

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Both scientifica and -curie will soon ship with bitmap-only -OpenType font formats.

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