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gl-sprite-text
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mattdesl / gl-sprite-text

gl-sprite-text

bitmap font rendering for stackgl

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
70GitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

bitmap font rendering for stackgl

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.

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Also in these discussions

Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 6:01:32 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by day2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-01-07 15:31:56 UTC to 2015-01-31 03:06:41 UTC.

012015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 72015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJan 192015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 31

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jan 72015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC101
Jan 82015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 92015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 102015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 112015-01-11 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 122015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 132015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 142015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 152015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 162015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 172015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 182015-01-18 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 192015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 202015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 212015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 222015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 232015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 242015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 252015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 262015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 272015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 282015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 292015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 302015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 312015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Text in WebGL is still really immature. I've done a bit of tinkering with a variety of modules for word-wrapping, etc. None of them are "fully featured" or 100% stable but I have used them in a couple of production environments. https://github.com/mattdesl/fontpath The WebGL module on top of that: https://github.com/mattdesl/gl-sprite-text The main issue I have with most text libraries (like TxtJS) is that they assume 2D canvas, or trivial WebGL applications. The bulk of the text code really just deals with laying out rectangular glyphs; the rendering (whether geometry, bitmaps, SDF, etc) should be separate so the dev can choose the best technique for their app. An example of SDF / fontpath in action: http://mattdesl.github.io/xmas
In Show HN: Primrose – A text editor that draws to Canvas

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