Decision Workspace
fontcull vs font-convert vs rusttype
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
fontcull
experimentalv2.0.1
Pure Rust font subsetting library
39
font-convert
experimentalv0.1.0
Pure-Rust font converter and subsetter for TTF/OTF/WOFF/WOFF2, optimized for web embedding
55
rusttype
growingv0.9.3
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.
Core Metrics
| fontcull | font-convert | rusttype | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 39 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 33 | 14.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 403 | 9 | 528.9K |
| Dependents | 19 | 0 | 2.2K |
| Releases | 5 | 1 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 63d ago | 84d ago | 1241d ago |
| Age | 3m | 2m | 10y 1m |
Health Breakdown
fontcull
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
font-convert
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
rusttype
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| fontcull | font-convert | rusttype | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.1 | 0.1.0 | 0.9.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 307KB | 31KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fontcull leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rusttype has the most downloads (14.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rusttype is depended on by 2.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rusttype has not been updated in over a year.
- •font-convert, rusttype are pre-1.0 — API may change.