harfbuzz
Compile Harfbuzz with Graphite support enabled.
InDesign 2020 uses Harfbuzz for complex script rendering. Harfbuzz has the capability to use Graphite instructions for rendering complex scripts, but Adobe has compiled Harfbuzz without Graphite support.
Graphite is needed for rendering some character combinations used in languages which are not supported by other font technologies.
Eric Pawley
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Marco
commented
Having Harfbuzz enabled, some characters in Vietnamese are corrupted. Switching to Legacy solves the issue.
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JeffK
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I would also be interested in knowing whether an update to InDesign and Harfbuzz could incorporate Graphite support. This would enable needed support for some language and scripts.
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Daniel M commented
There are so many writing systems that require Graphite support. They render beautifully in LibreOffice, but InDesign's crippled version of HarfBuzz can't handle them. The failure to have Graphite support enabled when compiling HarfBuzz must have been an oversight.
Has Adobe given any kind of timeline for addressing this lack of support?
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Bryant Dresher
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Agreed, content rendered in a Graphite enabled applications with a Graphite enabled font renders much better and closer to what is natively intended. What would it take to get the Graphite rendering functionality in Harfbuzz enabled in InDesign by Adobe? Is it possible this was just an oversight to include Graphite? We're interested in this for supporting Urdu publishing.
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Craig Webb
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This would aid in correctly rendering Myanmar scripts, too!