Editing Pango (section)

{{short description|Library for text rendering}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox software
| name                 = Pango
| title                = 
| logo           = Pango-name.svg
| logo size      = 200px
| logo caption              = Pango name written as intended, Greek ''pan'' (παν, "all") and Japanese ''go'' (語, "language")
| collapsible          = 
| author               = Owen Taylor<ref>[https://www.osnews.com/story/5453 Interview: Red Hat's Owen Taylor on GTK+], '' also known for his contributions on Pango.'', by Eugenia Loli, 19th Dec 2003</ref><br />[[Raph Levien]]
| developer            = [[Behdad Esfahbod]]
| released             = {{Start date and age|1999|07|11|df=yes}}<ref>[https://people.redhat.com/otaylor/pango-mirror/download.shtml Pango], Made version 0.2, Owen Taylor, redhat.com</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system     = [[Unix-like]], [[Microsoft Windows]], Other
| platform             = 
| size                 = 
| language             = 
| language count       = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| language footnote    = 
| genre                = [[Library (computing)|Software development library]]
| license              = [[LGPL]]
| alexa                = 
| website              = {{URL|https://www.pango.org}}
| standard             = 
| AsOf                 = 
}}

'''Pango''' (stylized as Παν語) is a text (i.e. [[glyph]]) layout engine [[library (computing)|library]] which works with the [[HarfBuzz]] shaping engine for displaying multi-language text.<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.pango.org/
 | title      = Pango website
 | access-date = 7 July 2011}}</ref>

Full-function rendering of text and cross-platform support is achieved when Pango is used with platform APIs or third-party libraries, such as [[Uniscribe]] and [[FreeType]], as text rendering [[Front and back ends|backend]]s. Pango-processed text will appear similar under different operating systems.{{clarify|date=November 2012}}

Pango is a special-purpose library for text and not a general-purpose graphics rendering library such as [[Cairo (graphics)|Cairo]], with which Pango can be used. The Cairo documentation recommends Pango be used to "render" text rather than Cairo for all but the simplest text "rendering".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cairographics.org/manual/cairo-text.html|title=Cairo: A Vector Graphics Library: text|access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref>