

Native fonts on MacOS X, rendering via Cairo.Ĭomplex-text support is provided by HarfBuzz, on all platforms.Rendering can be done via Cairo or directly using the native Win32 API. Rendering can be with with Cairo or Xft libraries, or directly to an in-memory buffer with no additional libraries. There are three basic backends, with multiple options for rendering with each.Ĭlient side fonts using the Free Type and fontconfig libraries. Pango is designed to be modular the core Pango layout engine can be used with different font backends. Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed, though most of the work on Pango so far has been done in the context of the GTK widget toolkit. Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization.
