Decision Workspace
unifont vs font8x8 vs profont
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
unifont
growingv1.1.0+data-15.1.05
Provides a monochrome Unicode bitmap font. Halfwidth glyphs are 8x16, fullwidth are 16x16 pixels.
50
font8x8
growingv0.3.1
8x8 monochrome bitmap font for rendering.
49
profont
growingv0.7.0
The ProFont monospace font for use with the embedded-graphics crate.
Core Metrics
| unifont | font8x8 | profont | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 50 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 8.2K | 831.0K | 71.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 103 | 68.2K | 3.9K |
| Dependents | 1 | 265 | 12 |
| Releases | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 702d ago | 1817d ago | 1032d ago |
| Age | 7y 10m | 8y | 7y 4m |
Health Breakdown
unifont
Maintenance
3
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
font8x8
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
profont
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| unifont | font8x8 | profont | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0+data-15.1.05 | 0.3.1 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 945KB | 36KB | 15KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •font8x8 leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •font8x8 is depended on by 265 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ unifont, font8x8, profont have not been updated in over a year.
- •font8x8, profont are pre-1.0 — API may change.