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Libraries and tools for loading and rendering fonts

ab_glyph

Text Rendering

API for loading, scaling, positioning and rasterizing OpenType font glyphs.
- Latest version:
  0.2.31
- Downloads:
  15,697,422
- Recent downloads:
  2,874,222
- License:
  Apache-2.0
- Stars:
  415
- Last activity:
  2025-08-12
bmfont

Text Rendering

bitmap font config parser
- Latest version:
  0.3.3
- Downloads:
  15,824
- Recent downloads:
  1,292
- License:
  MIT OR Apache-2.0
- Stars:
  8
- Last activity:
  2024-03-14
fontdue

Text Rendering

A simple no_std font parser and rasterizer.
- Latest version:
  0.9.3
- Downloads:
  2,049,332
- Recent downloads:
  316,201
- License:
  MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib
- Stars:
  1,569
- Last activity:
  2025-05-25
notan

2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · Text Rendering · Input · Windowing

A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily
- Latest version:
  0.13.0
- Downloads:
  58,475
- Recent downloads:
  6,736
- License:
  MIT OR Apache-2.0
- Stars:
  932
- Last activity:
  2025-03-29
rusttype

Text Rendering

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:
  11,238,276
- Recent downloads:
  1,299,076
- License:
  MIT / Apache-2.0
sdl2

2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · Text Rendering · Input · Windowing

SDL2 bindings for Rust
- Latest version:
  0.38.0
- Downloads:
  2,576,189
- Recent downloads:
  235,895
- License:
  MIT
- Stars:
  2,904
- Last activity:
  2025-07-12

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