Retrofitted to pure Rust

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A few days ago, I opted to use fontconfig and freetype for this task, as I was operating in a macOS/Linux environment. However, the native Linux technology had issues, such as static linking not functioning in macOS (See #10), which led me to consider a macOS native technology (CoreText, See #18). This approach, however, required a deep understanding of the system API, and to be frank, I’m not a fan of Objective C.

Currently, I primarily use a Windows PC during my non-working hours, and this small tool remains crucial for my typography and writing projects. Therefore, I’ve decided to transition to a pure Rust implementation, with the assistance of the excellent crates, fontdb and ab-glyph.

I’ve already made some progress, such as updating and fixing clippy/rustfmt, upgrading the Rust edition, cleaning up dependencies, and so on. I’ve also commenced the rewriting process:

• workspace
  • edition 2018 -> 2021
  • rustfmt configure, error fix
  • clippy configure, error fix
• dependencies
  • remove: fontconfig, freetype
  • update: many
  • change: tui -> ratatui
• use fontdb to load system fonts
• filter font faces contains the asked character
• group by family and sort by name rewrite
• make the list display mode works 🥳
• make the browser preview works 🥳
• use ab-glyph(or other) to resterize font
  • figure out how to set size
  • 256 alpha mode
  • mono mode
• make the tui preview works 🥳
• update README, Changelog

Current state: all feature works.