Pretext

Pretext

Fast, accurate text measurement and layout

Description

Knowing how wide text will be and where it wraps usually means rendering to the DOM and measuring, slow and layout-thrashing. Pretext from React core member chenglou is a fast, accurate, comprehensive text measurement and layout library.

It computes sizes and line breaks without the DOM, handles many languages and complex layout, ideal for virtual lists and canvas rendering.

Features



No DOM:Direct measurement.

Line breaks:Multilingual.

Fast:No reflows.

Canvas:Friendly.