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Providing a Stable API

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enhancement help wanted
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Description

Currently, this project is just for the use of Manim, and mostly it can't be used outside of manim, with the functions it provides.

Having a stable API so that it can be used outside of Manim would be super cool, for example, I recently read https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/2255 and found that Pillow can't render text correctly, especially for languages with more ligatures, at least it requires raqm and isn't available by default in the wheels, and by if we had a stable API Pillow could use this to render text.

I would like to hear some ideas on how this can be done and how the API should look like.

Thoughts @PhilippImhof?

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the existing ManimPango/Pango binding surface and the linked Pillow discussion, then define the scope and completion criteria for a stable API before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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