- add 'location' named field to buffer and mesh vertex format tables, replaces 'name' field.
- location numbers are expected to match 'layout (location = #)' qualifiers in vertex inputs in shader code.
- deprecate vertex inputs in shader code that don't have layout location qualifiers.
- love's default vertex attributes use location 0 for position, 1 for texcoord, and 2 for color.
- add new variants of Mesh:attachAttribute, setAttributeEnabled, and isAttributeEnabled which take location numbers instead of names.
Improves draw performance in vulkan and metal backends.
This a significant refactor / rewrite of much of the love.graphics Font code.
Text positioning is now split into TextShaper classes in the love.font module. This isn't exposed to users yet.
BMFonts and ImageFonts use the same text shaping as before (in the new TextShaper API). Fonts loaded via FreeType now use Harfbuzz for text shaping.
The new code isn't at feature-parity with the old code yet. Harfbuzz-based text shaping enables kerning support in more fonts, character combining into ligature glyphs, and directions other than left-to-right (this isn't supported in love yet).
Sasha Szpakowski
John Doe