Post #2250088
2025-02-01 23:43 UTC
The Chrome browser on Android, Linux and ChromeOS now does all its web font processing using a Rust-based library (Skrifa) instead of its old C++ library (FreeType).
This is part of a general trend. If you look at open jobs by programming language required, Rust is now #7 (up from #10 last time I looked). C++ and C# are declining drastically, Python, SQL, Java, and JavaScript/TypeScript are the top 5 and all growing rapidly. (Golang is #6, and also growing similarly to Rust.)
Replies (3)
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@iorsh@kishkush.net 2025-02-02 07:37
@tphinney@typo.social Just about the time to introduce the first bits of C++ code into FontForge
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@thibault@mastodon.online 2025-02-03 07:48
@tphinney@typo.social Don't know anything about how fonts were rendered before in Chrom{e|ium} : but isn't FreeType related to the HarfBuzz project ? Also, what issues in FreeType were solved by Skrifa? Genuinely curious about it.
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@krahos@mastodon.social 2025-02-03 08:53
@tphinney@typo.social Hi, what's the source of the ranking for job openings? I'd like to read it.