ttf-parser vs last-resort-font

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ttf-parser		last-resort-font
	Project
3	Mentions	4
552	Stars	711
-	Growth	1.1%
5.8	Activity	4.5
4 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Rust	Language
Apache License 2.0	License	SIL Open Font License 1.1

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

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.

last-resort-font

Posts with mentions or reviews of last-resort-font. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

A way to determine unloaded font?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 20 Oct 2022

Install the Last Resort font. It will show the code point of any symbols not covered by any other font.
Does anyone know what the symbol in the middle of the box is called and/or where it comes from? I can't find it on any unicode charts, but I figured this would be the best place to ask
1 project | /r/Unicode | 6 May 2022

This image is from Last Resort font, maintained by Apple, Michael Everson, and Unicode. This font's purpose is to provide a helpful fallback glyph for each Unicode block so that users can see which script's font is missing from the system.
Are there any good all around packages for fonts on linux?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 21 Jul 2021

Another font that may be worth installing is Last Resort. This font replaces the tofu characters with symbols that specify the missing Unicode range.
Last Resort Font (Mac)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2021

Not sure if 1:1 as the macOS one but Unicode organization open sourced a last resort font last year: https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ttf-parser and last-resort-font you can also consider the following projects:

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

theSat - Files relating to the Sat, the symbol for the Bitcoin unit "Satoshi"

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

awesome-typography - ✏︎ Curated list about digital typography 🔥

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

open-relay - Free and open source fonts from Kreative Software

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

Hack - A typeface designed for source code

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

IBM3161-font - The monospaced bitmap font from IBM's 1985 'ASCII Display Station' (terminal), the IBM 3161. Includes versions for a multitude of devices and platforms. (Also on gitlab: https://gitlab.com/wyatt8740/IBM3161-font)

provok - Text rendering

DIN-91379-Characters-and-Sequences - List of characters and sequences of DIN 91379