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		paraboul on Sept 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation... Also depends what you mean by rendering. Skia also uses system library for font shaping (CoreText on macOS and direct2d on windows), but also has support for using harfbuzz instead (which works on any platform, even for WebAssembly).

pier25 on Sept 3, 2020 [–]

> Skia also uses system library for font shaping (CoreText on macOS and direct2d on windows)

Maybe that's why Chrome looks so different on both platforms.

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