<s>
Pango	B-Language
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
Παν語	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
text	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
glyph	B-Application
)	O
layout	O
engine	O
library	B-Library
which	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
HarfBuzz	B-Language
shaping	O
engine	O
for	O
displaying	O
multi-language	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full-function	O
rendering	O
of	O
text	O
and	O
cross-platform	O
support	O
is	O
achieved	O
when	O
Pango	B-Language
is	O
used	O
with	O
platform	O
APIs	O
or	O
third-party	O
libraries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Uniscribe	O
and	O
FreeType	B-Application
,	O
as	O
text	O
rendering	O
backends	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pango-processed	O
text	O
will	O
appear	O
similar	O
under	O
different	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pango	B-Language
is	O
a	O
special-purpose	O
library	B-Library
for	O
text	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
library	B-Library
such	O
as	O
Cairo	B-Language
,	O
with	O
which	O
Pango	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cairo	B-Language
documentation	O
recommends	O
Pango	B-Language
be	O
used	O
to	O
"	O
render	O
"	O
text	O
rather	O
than	O
Cairo	B-Language
for	O
all	O
but	O
the	O
simplest	O
text	O
"	O
rendering	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
pango	B-Language
comes	O
from	O
Greek	O
pan	O
( παν	O
,	O
"	O
all	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
Japanese	O
go	O
( 語	O
,	O
"	O
language	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
the	O
GScript	B-Language
and	O
GnomeText	O
projects	O
was	O
named	O
Pango	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pango	B-Language
version	O
1.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
11	O
March	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pango	B-Language
1.17	O
and	O
newer	O
support	O
the	O
feature	O
tag	O
that	O
allows	O
localized	O
glyphs	B-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
Unicode	O
code	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assuming	O
you	O
have	O
Verdana	O
version	O
5.01	O
installed	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
the	O
locl	O
feature	O
for	O
the	O
latn/ROM	O
(	O
Romanian	O
)	O
script	O
,	O
a	O
quick	O
demonstration	O
(	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
is	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
LANG	O
=	O
ro_RO.UTF-8	O
will	O
also	O
cause	O
Pango	B-Language
to	O
use	O
locl	O
font	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
1.37.1	O
,	O
Pango	B-Language
added	O
more	O
attributes	O
to	O
provide	O
complete	O
support	O
for	O
processing	O
OpenType	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
showcase	O
of	O
Pango	B-Language
's	O
script-aware	O
features	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pango	B-Language
has	O
been	O
integrated	O
into	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GTK	B-Application
UI	O
toolkit	O
uses	O
Pango	B-Language
for	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
text	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
web	O
browser	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
mail	O
client	O
use	O
Pango	B-Language
for	O
text	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
