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WenboSlast Sunday at 2:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is absolute black magic. I never realized OpenType rules were powerful enough to render something as complex as a QR matrix inline.


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layer8today at 7:07 PM

It’s basically Turing-complete: https://simoncozens.github.io/fonts-and-layout/features.html

Once something is Turing-complete, the magic turns from black to white. ;)

giraffe_ladytoday at 7:01 PM

Font shaping rules are actually turing complete. An incredible amount of engineering effort has gone into this not being a total disaster everywhere at all times.