<s>
HarfBuzz	B-Language
(	O
loose	O
transliteration	O
of	O
Persian	O
calque	O
harf-bāz	O
,	O
literally	O
"	O
open	O
type	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Library
development	I-Library
library	I-Library
for	O
text	O
shaping	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
converting	O
Unicode	O
text	O
to	O
glyph	B-Application
indices	O
and	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
version	O
,	O
New	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
(	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
targets	O
various	O
font	O
technologies	O
while	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
Old	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
(	O
20062012	O
)	O
,	O
targeted	O
only	O
OpenType	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HarfBuzz	B-Language
evolved	O
from	O
code	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
FreeType	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
developed	O
separately	O
in	O
Qt	B-Language
and	O
Pango	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
it	O
was	O
merged	O
back	O
into	O
a	O
common	O
repository	O
with	O
an	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
Old	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
developed	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
path	O
going	O
forward	O
is	O
New	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Behdad	O
Esfahbod	O
won	O
the	O
O’Reilly	O
Open	O
Source	O
Award	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Important	O
milestones	O
for	O
new	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
applications	O
do	O
n't	O
use	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
directly	O
,	O
but	O
use	O
a	O
UI	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
library	O
that	O
integrates	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HarfBuzz	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
UI	O
libraries	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
(	O
GTK+	B-Application
)	O
,	O
KDE	B-Application
(	O
Qt	B-Language
)	O
,	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
Skia	B-Application
)	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Flutter	B-Application
;	O
and	O
directly	O
by	O
applications	O
Chromium	B-Language
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
(	O
from	O
version	O
4.1	O
on	O
Linux	O
only	O
,	O
from	O
5.3	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
)	O
,	O
Scribus	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Inkscape	B-Application
.	O
</s>
