Commits on Jan 2, 2023

1. fix incorrect text width with newer (1.43?) Pango …

   Text renders wider or narrower, as if letter-spacing is set, than
   it should with newer versions of Pango.
   
   My best understanding of this problem is that around version 1.43
   Pango dropped support for font hinting because it switched to
   Harbuzz for glyph postions instead of Freetype. For some reason it
   still rounds the glyph positions by default.
   
   There's no need for node-canvas to support font hinting. The
   maintainers of the Linux font stack (Behdad and Matthias) have
   stated that they wont, and font hinting is subjective, and
   browsers have moved to subpixel positioning too.
   
   Reading (warning: lots of drama to wade through):
   - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/404
   - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/463
   - harfbuzz/harfbuzz#1892
   - harfbuzz/harfbuzz#2394

   

   chearon committed Jan 2, 2023
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