; * etc/NEWS: Reflect changes in font backend loading.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 82224739a29..d61ded41766 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ HarfBuzz text shaping engine.  It is on by default; use './configure
 --without-harfbuzz' to build without it.  The HarfBuzz text shaping is
 available via new font backend drivers 'xfthb' and 'ftcrhb' for Xft
 and Cairo drawings, respectively, and via the 'harfbuzz' backend on
-MS-Windows.
+MS-Windows.  The Harfbuzz text shaping is preferred to the previously
+supported ones, so the font backends that use older shaping engines
+(FLT on GNU and Unix systems and Uniscribe on MS-Windows) are not
+enabled by default; they can be enabled via the 'font-backend' frame
+parameter or via X resources.
 
 ** The new configure option '--with-json' adds support for JSON using
 the Jansson library.  It is on by default; use './configure