Add HarfBuzz for text shaping (complex scripts, font ligatures) #9961

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on Jul 28, 2017

Change DynamicFont to use HarfBuzz (MIT license) to handle:

Context-sensitive shaping and ligatures for complex scripts (Arabic, Devanagari, Thai etc.);
Programming ligatures with fonts like Iosevka & Fira Code in script editor.

Related: #3081

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