From f1099b29b6d61b1bc316aa8d7ca979276baf9034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ElOraiby Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 20:58:29 -0400 Subject: more info to the doc --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a1bd301..11ce69d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ A small and simple implementation that transform isolated arabic utf8 character strings into contextual forms useful for rendering (rendering example is provided). +This is mostly suitable for lightweight UIs (embedded systems, games, media players...). +It's worthy to note that this is far more lightweight than HarfBuzz (used by Qt/Pango...). +Freetype 2 on the other hand lacks this functionality. + + Example ([Khalil Gibran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran)'s Al-Nay): ![ScreenShot](https://raw.github.com/eloraiby/arabtype/master/example.png) -- cgit v1.2.3