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## Name
HarfBuzz (حرف‌باز) is my Persian translation of “[OpenType][1]”,
transliterated using the Latin script. It sports a second meaning, but that
aint translatable.
HarfBuzz (حرف‌باز) is the literal Persian translation of “[OpenType][1]”,
transliterated using the Latin script. It also means "talkative" or
"glib" (also a nod to the GNOME project where HarfBuzz originates from).
> Background: Originally there was this font format called TrueType. People and
> companies started calling their type engines all things ending in Type: