HarfBuzz
| HarfBuzz | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | The FreeType Project |
| Developer(s) | Behdad Esfahbod, Khaled Hosny |
| Stable release | 11.2.1 (12 May 2025) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Windows |
| Type | Software development library |
| License | MIT |
| Website | harfbuzz |
HarfBuzz (loose transliteration of Persian calque حرفباز harf-bāz, literally "open type") is a software library for supporting text shaping, which is the process of converting Unicode text to glyph indices and positions. The newer version, New HarfBuzz (2012–), targets various font technologies while the first version, Old HarfBuzz (2006–2012), targeted only OpenType fonts.