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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:
  0.2.32
- Downloads:
  18,030,837
- Recent downloads:
  3,649,138
- License:
  Apache-2.0
- Stars:
  422
- Last activity:
  2025-09-28
bmfont

Text Rendering

bitmap font config parser
- Latest version:
  0.3.3
- Downloads:
  16,498
- Recent downloads:
  1,166
- License:
  MIT OR Apache-2.0
- Stars:
  9
- Last activity:
  2024-03-14
fontdue

Text Rendering

A simple no_std font parser and rasterizer.
- Latest version:
  0.9.3
- Downloads:
  2,293,397
- Recent downloads:
  375,093
- License:
  MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib
- Stars:
  1,581
- 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:
  61,776
- Recent downloads:
  5,553
- License:
  MIT OR Apache-2.0
- Stars:
  943
- Last activity:
  2025-09-18
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:
  12,167,415
- Recent downloads:
  1,481,308
- 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:
  2,780,436
- Recent downloads:
  305,204
- License:
  MIT
- Stars:
  2,920
- Last activity:
  2025-10-28

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