rusttype vs ttf-parser

rusttype

Mirror of https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rusttype (by redox-os)

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ttf-parser

A high-level, safe, zero-allocation TrueType font parser. (by RazrFalcon)

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rusttype		ttf-parser
	Project
2	Mentions	3
600	Stars	549
0.3%	Growth	-
2.6	Activity	6.5
3 months ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Rust	Language	Rust
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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rusttype

Posts with mentions or reviews of rusttype. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-22.

Rust's problematic reliance on GitHub
11 projects | /r/rust | 22 May 2022

Rusttype
The `rusttype` crate is looking for a new maintainer
4 projects | /r/rust | 7 Apr 2021

Hi folks, I just discovered that the rusttype crate is looking for a new maintainer.

ttf-parser

Posts with mentions or reviews of ttf-parser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-02.

Good example of high performance Rust project without unsafe code?
20 projects | /r/rust | 2 Aug 2022

Or even ttf-parser, which is usually even faster than C alternatives, no unsafe, no explicit SIMD.
Programmatic Typography
2 projects | /r/typography | 20 Apr 2021

Loader -> ttf-parser
The `rusttype` crate is looking for a new maintainer
4 projects | /r/rust | 7 Apr 2021

Most of the code is in ttf-parser which is ~10KLOC.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rusttype and ttf-parser you can also consider the following projects:

swash - Font introspection, complex text shaping and glyph rendering.

last-resort-font - Last Resort Font

gfx - [maintenance mode] A low-overhead Vulkan-like GPU API for Rust.

fontdue - The fastest font renderer in the world, written in pure rust.

birdfont - A font editor for creating fonts in TTF, EOT, SVG and BIRDFONT format.

kiss3d - Keep it simple, stupid 3d graphics engine for Rust.

fast-float-rust - Super-fast float parser in Rust (now part of Rust core)

wgpu-text - 📜A simple 2D text renderer for wgpu📜 > is a wrapper over glyph-brush for easier text rendering in wgpu > inspired by similar to wgpu_glyph

safety-dance - Auditing crates for unsafe code which can be safely replaced

quicktile - Adds window-tiling hotkeys to any X11 desktop. (An analogue to WinSplit Revolution for people who don't want to use Compiz Grid)

provok - Text rendering