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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Why is it called HarfBuzz?: HarfBuzz Manual</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="HarfBuzz Manual"> <link rel="up" href="what-is-harfbuzz.html" title="What is HarfBuzz?"> <link rel="prev" href="what-harfbuzz-doesnt-do.html" title="What HarfBuzz doesn't do"> <link rel="next" href="install-harfbuzz.html" title="Installing HarfBuzz"> <meta name="generator" content="GTK-Doc V1.32 (XML mode)"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <table class="navigation" id="top" width="100%" summary="Navigation header" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5"><tr valign="middle"> <td width="100%" align="left" class="shortcuts"></td> <td><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><img src="home.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Home"></a></td> <td><a accesskey="u" href="what-is-harfbuzz.html"><img src="up.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Up"></a></td> <td><a accesskey="p" href="what-harfbuzz-doesnt-do.html"><img src="left.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Prev"></a></td> <td><a accesskey="n" href="install-harfbuzz.html"><img src="right.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Next"></a></td> </tr></table> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> <a name="why-is-it-called-harfbuzz"></a>Why is it called HarfBuzz?</h2></div></div></div> <p> HarfBuzz began its life as text-shaping code within the FreeType project (and you will see references to the FreeType authors within the source code copyright declarations), but was then extracted out to its own project. This project is maintained by Behdad Esfahbod, who named it HarfBuzz. Originally, it was a shaping engine for OpenType fonts—"HarfBuzz" is the Persian for "open type". </p> </div> <div class="footer"> <hr>Generated by GTK-Doc V1.32</div> </body> </html>