So, it seems Pango font backend is in a very bad shape, so we should not use it by default. One of the bugs I've seen myself is https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18546. So, discussing it with Xan he said that we should either fix it in the freetype backend, if that's simple enough, or switch to using HarfBuzz for text layout.
So, it seems Pango font backend is in a very bad shape, so we should not use it by default. One of the bugs I've seen myself is https:/ /bugs.webkit. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=18546. So, discussing it with Xan he said that we should either fix it in the freetype backend, if that's simple enough, or switch to using HarfBuzz for text layout.
When https:/ /bugs.webkit. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=37984 gets fixed we can just sync the latest release.