Basic underpinnings of the gyp equivalent of the Linux SHARED=1 build:...

third_party/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.gyp

 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
   },
   'includes': [
     '../../build/common.gypi',
   ],
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'harfbuzz',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'sources': [
         'src/harfbuzz-buffer.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-stream.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-dump.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-gdef.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-gpos.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-gsub.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-impl.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-open.c',
         'src/harfbuzz-shaper.cpp',
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         'include_dirs': [
           'src',
         ],
       },
       'dependencies': [
         '../../build/linux/system.gyp:freetype2',
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'harfbuzz_interface',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'sources': [
         'contrib/harfbuzz-freetype.c',
         'contrib/harfbuzz-unicode.c',
         'contrib/harfbuzz-unicode-tables.c',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         'src',
         'contrib',
       ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'include_dirs': [
           'contrib',
         ],
       },
       'dependencies': [
         '../../build/linux/system.gyp:freetype2',
       ],
     },
   ],
 }