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`fontdb` is unmaintained

Open si14 opened this issue 1 year ago • 4 comments

Per https://github.com/RazrFalcon/fontdb/issues/76#issuecomment-2548340635 , fontdb is currently unmaintained. It's a pretty crucial dependency for resvg/usvg, so maybe it should be brought under https://github.com/linebender ?

Thank you @RazrFalcon for your hard work!

si14 avatar Dec 17 '24 17:12 si14

I believe the plan is to replace the dependency with fontique (https://github.com/linebender/parley/tree/main/fontique) at some point.

LaurenzV avatar Dec 17 '24 17:12 LaurenzV

Thank you! If I understand the API correctly, the original issue https://github.com/RazrFalcon/fontdb/issues/76 would be resolved by matching the result of fontique's Collection::register_fonts. However, I believe that this issue is still relevant since the migration hasn't happened yet, or should I close it?

si14 avatar Dec 17 '24 17:12 si14

Not sure, will have to wait for someone more knowledgeable to chime in, but my understanding was that there isn't much interest in taking over fontdb as well.

LaurenzV avatar Dec 17 '24 17:12 LaurenzV

fontdb is abandoned and fontique isn't finished.

RazrFalcon avatar Dec 17 '24 17:12 RazrFalcon