| To enable HarfBuzz bindings for Python among other languages, make sure | |
| you have latest version of gobject-introspection available. On Ubuntu, | |
| you can install that this way: | |
| ```bash | |
| sudo apt-get install libgirepository1.0-dev | |
| ``` | |
| And then run `meson setup` and make sure that `Introspection` is reported | |
| enabled in output. | |
| If you are building with Visual Studio, it is recommended that Visual Studio | |
| 2019 or later is used for this build, for the best build experience. | |
| Compile and install. | |
| Make sure you have the installation lib dir in `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (or the | |
| installation DLL dir in `PATH` for Windows systems), as needed | |
| for the linker to find the library. | |
| Then make sure you also have `GI_TYPELIB_PATH` pointing to the resulting | |
| `$prefix/lib/girepository-*` directory. | |
| Make sure you have pygobject installed. Then check that the following | |
| import works in your Python interpreter: | |
| ```python | |
| from gi.repository import HarfBuzz | |
| ``` | |
| If it does, you are ready to call HarfBuzz from Python! Congratulations. | |
| See [`src/sample.py`](src/sample.py). | |
| The Python API will change. Let us know on the mailing list if you are | |
| using it, and send lots of feedback. |