# sorccu/cufon

Fast text replacement with canvas and VML - no Flash or images required.

Repository: https://github.com/sorccu/cufon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cufon
Homepage: http://cufon.shoqolate.com
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-04-30T12:37:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6511, "days_push": 3412, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2072, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.442008+00:00)

## What it is
Cufón is a JavaScript library that replaces text on web pages with custom fonts rendered via HTML5 canvas and VML, requiring no Flash or image files. It was a popular pre-webfont-era solution for using custom typefaces on the web.

## Use cases
- render custom fonts on websites without Flash
- replace text with canvas-drawn typefaces
- use custom typography in older browsers
- avoid image-based text replacement
- display brand fonts cross-browser

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy site that already uses Cufón
- targeting very old browsers without web font support

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - CSS @font-face and web fonts are the standard
- you need accessible, selectable, SEO-friendly text
- you need modern browser features or maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, image-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: font-replacement, canvas, vml, typography, web-fonts, no-flash, javascript

## Member repositories
- sorccu/cufon (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.442008+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:56:41.799370+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://cufon.shoqolate.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:36:44.269139+00:00, sha 0686b9c00528)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.