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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:
      0.2.29
    • Downloads:
      12,957,103
    • Recent downloads:
      2,349,497
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      407
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-18
  • bmfont

    bitmap font config parser

    • Latest version:
      0.3.3
    • Downloads:
      14,619
    • Recent downloads:
      1,241
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      9
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-14
  • fontdue

    A simple no_std font parser and rasterizer.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      1,751,156
    • Recent downloads:
      240,370
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib
    • Stars:
      1,548
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-25
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      52,295
    • Recent downloads:
      7,293
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      916
    • 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:
      10,007,922
    • Recent downloads:
      1,464,636
    • License:
      MIT / Apache-2.0
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,354,851
    • Recent downloads:
      166,675
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,864
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-22

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