= The Font Backends =

WebKitGTK+ currently supports a single font backend which uses Fontconfig for selection, Freetype for rasterization, and Harfbuzz for complex text shaping. We recently switched from supporting an optional Pango-based backend. Now the "Freetype" backend is the only one available.

== Remaining font bugs ==

There are still some font bugs remaining. Here's a list to help us keep track of them:

 * [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35583 if font-family lists several generic families, the last one takes precedence]
 * [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76048 GTK: fast/text/font-kerning.html fails]
 * [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37984 WebKit freetype backend doesn't support "locl" tables]
 * [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31931 CPU spikes when rendering, spending time loading compressed pcf fonts]
 * [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77437 freetype port: font fallback mechanism can try harder]
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