fontstash_forks.md

fontstash forks

These are in chronological order. Mostly focusing on stuff that doesn't look already merged in

Aktau

aktau/fontstash

Oldest (non-merged in) fork, has various changes nothing immediately notable...

Stopped: 2013

nyorem

nyorem/fontstash

Seems to have C++ code but not dependent on it.

Changes:

• Bitmap font support
• Truetype font loading from memory
• Added ability to load an arbitrary number of fonts (not just four)
• Use multiple OpenGL textures for glyph caching (not just one)

Stopped: 2016

starseeker

starseeker/fontstash

Various updates (old updates) to stb_truetype ver, manually merges in changes from BastiaanOlij(Bastian Olij) & Zammalad(Pil Sampson).

Stopped: 2017

BastiaanOij

OpenGL 3 support, shadowed by starseeker's.

Stopped: 2016

kthwaite

C++, ignoring

Stopped: 2017

wheybags

wheybags/fontstash

Add SDF font support. Merged into suikki's (which stopped in 2018)

Stopped: 2017

oov

oov/fontstash

Added ability to delete fonts

Stopped: 2018

jimon

jimon/fontstash

Custom font engine upport

Stopped: 2018

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All forks from here on are forked from the last commit from the original author

Everything not merged in:

toyboot4e

Rust related, ignoring.

relick

relick/fontstash

Memory leak & warning fixes.

Stopped: 2021

Beyley

Beley/fontstash

Seems to be for zig, makes it a 'standalone compiled library'.

Stopped: 2023

ColleagueRiley

CollegeRiley/fontstash

Got rid of VLAs, peformance fixes. Seems to have abandoned it in favor of rolling their own solution: RFont

Stopped: 2023

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All other updates were not significant.