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Haiku OSDeep Dive October 3, 2026 7 min read

Haiku BFont: Text Measurement, Baselines, and Spacing Modes

Measure Haiku text with the active BFont, handle ascent and descent correctly, choose spacing modes, and avoid brittle character-width estimates.

#haiku#interface-kit#bfont

Haiku OSHow-To October 3, 2026 7 min read

Configure Haiku's plain, bold, fixed, and menu fonts, install additional families at the right scope, and diagnose fallback without breaking layouts.

#haiku#fonts#appearance

macOSDeep Dive October 3, 2026 8 min read

Build predictable Core Text layout by separating Unicode input, shaping, line breaking, frame geometry, drawing transforms, and text hit testing.

#macos#core-text#typography