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Text Rendering

Libraries and tools for loading and rendering fonts

Crates

  • ab_glyph

    API for loading, scaling, positioning and rasterizing OpenType font glyphs.

    • Latest version:
      0.2.31
    • Downloads:
      14,531,546
    • Recent downloads:
      2,403,635
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      412
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-12
  • bmfont

    bitmap font config parser

    • Latest version:
      0.3.3
    • Downloads:
      15,383
    • Recent downloads:
      1,162
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      8
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-14
  • fontdue

    A simple no_std font parser and rasterizer.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      1,938,194
    • Recent downloads:
      276,506
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib
    • Stars:
      1,556
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-25
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      56,549
    • Recent downloads:
      6,468
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      926
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • rusttype

    A pure Rust alternative to libraries like FreeType. RustType provides an API for loading, querying and rasterising TrueType fonts. It also provides an implementation of a dynamic GPU glyph cache for hardware font rendering.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      10,749,570
    • Recent downloads:
      1,182,275
    • License:
      MIT / Apache-2.0
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,489,865
    • Recent downloads:
      194,810
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,888
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12

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