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Pango

Pango (stylized as Παν語) is a text (i.e. glyph) layout engine library which works with the HarfBuzz shaping engine for displaying multi-language text.

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Developer
Behdad Esfahbod
License
LGPL
Operating system
Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Other
Original authors
Owen Taylor Raph Levien
Release
11 July 1999; 27 years ago (1999-07-11)
Repository
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango

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Overview

Support for OpenType features

Major users

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Pango

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples52
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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Pango

Top relations

related to External links · 13
Pango → April, Archived, Gallery, Internationalization, Official, Ottawa, Owen Taylor, Reference ManualThe, Simon Cozens, Twenty, Unicode, Wayback Machine, YouTube
see also · 8
Pango → Core Text, Free, Graphite, HarfBuzz, Mac OS, Old Macintosh, Typographic, WorldScript
related to Support for OpenType features · 7
Pango → Assuming, For, Linux, ROM, Romanian, Unicode, Verdana
related to history · 6
Pango → GnomeText, Greek, GScript, In January, Japanese, The
related to Major users · 5
Pango → Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, The GTK UI, The Linux
Developer · 1
Pango → Behdad Esfahbod
License · 1
Pango → LGPL
Operating system · 1
Pango → Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Other
Original authors · 1
Pango → Owen Taylor Raph Levien
Release · 1
Pango → 11 July 1999; 27 years ago (1999-07-11)

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text rendering used library support linux cairo feature also harfbuzz owen taylor operating 'locl' unicode layout engine shaping gtk παν

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PangoDeveloperBehdad Esfahbod1.00infobox
PangoLicenseLGPL1.00infobox
PangoOperating systemUnix-like, Microsoft Windows, Other1.00infobox
PangoOriginal authorsOwen Taylor Raph Levien1.00infobox
PangoRelease11 July 1999; 27 years ago (1999-07-11)1.00infobox
PangoRepositorygitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango1.00infobox
PangoStable release1.58.2 / 5 August 2026; 19 days ago (5 August 2026)1.00infobox
PangoTypeSoftware development library1.00infobox
PangoWebsitewww.gtk.org/docs/architecture/pango1.00infobox
PangoWritten inC1.00infobox
Pangois aspecial-purpose library for text and not a general-purpose graphics rendering library such as Cairo0.90text
Cairoinstance ofPango is a special-purpose library for text and not a general-purpose graphics rendering library0.80text

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