🆚 Cufon vs. FitText

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

Cufon is a discontinued JavaScript library that performs text replacement on web pages, using the canvas element and VML to render fancy fonts.

FitText is a jQuery flexible font plugin that allows elements to fill the width of their parent elements.

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #157
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #117
Legacy › Rank #29

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The FitText JavaScript library is 1.7 times more popular than Cufon.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

FitText is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Cufon is more popular in Poland, Russia, and India.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Italy
Netherlands
France
Spain
Japan
Canada
Poland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

FitText is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising, while Cufon is more commonly used on games and art, culture and heritage sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Entertainment
Travel
Online Shopping
Sports
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
pediatriconcall.com
#19,542
#23,401
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