Cufon

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

According to our data, Cufon ranks 157th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.1% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

Cufon is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Cufon Awards

⚡ Sites Using Cufon

We have data on 3,531 websites that use the Cufon JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Cufon is spacetimestudios.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 spacetimestudios.com #17,961 United States English
2 pediatriconcall.com #19,542 India American English
3 real-debrid.com #21,808 France English
4 sportslogos.net #22,028 English
5 ecpay.com.tw #23,401 Taiwan Chinese
6 hirufm.lk #24,264 Sri Lanka English
7 m4sport.hu #29,421 Hungary Hungarian
8 cjfallon.ie #32,622 Ireland English
9 caoa.gov.eg #36,250 Egypt Arabic
10 itvcita.com #40,316 Spain Spanish
11 matrimoniale.ro #44,176 Romania Romanian
12 dwar.gen.tr #47,798 Turkey Turkish
13 casareal.es #49,701 Spain Spanish
14 nissanpatrol.com.au #59,911 Australia English
15 miat.com #60,514 United States Russian
16 paulus.com.br #61,299 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
17 1cfresh.com #64,146 Russia Russian
18 vmagsmedia.com #70,501 United States American English
19 biselrk.edu.pk #71,523 Pakistan English
20 digiboy.ir #80,218 Iran Persian

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Cufon:

Most of the sites using Cufon are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 22.7%
  • Germany 5.9%
  • United Kingdom 5.8%
  • Russia 4.4%
  • Italy 4.1%
  • Poland 4.1%
  • Netherlands 3.9%
  • France 3.3%
  • India 3.3%
  • Other 42.5%

Most Cufon users speak English, Spanish, or Russian.

  • English 56.9%
  • Spanish 4.7%
  • Russian 4.6%
  • German 4.2%
  • Polish 3.8%
  • Italian 3.4%
  • Dutch 2.8%
  • French 2.7%
  • Turkish 2.3%
  • Other 14.6%

The Cufon JavaScript library is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 44.2%
  • .org 6.1%
  • .de 3.5%
  • .net 3.4%
  • .ru 3.3%
  • .it 2.6%
  • .pl 2.5%
  • .nl 2.5%
  • .co.uk 2.4%
  • Other 29.5%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Cufon include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.

  • Business 16.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 13.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 7.9%
  • Education/Reference 6.6%
  • Internet Services 5.7%
  • Online Shopping 5.7%
  • Entertainment 5.5%
  • Travel 4.8%
  • Software/Hardware 3.6%
  • Other 30.7%

🔢 Cufon Versions

The most common version of Cufon is 1.10, used by 66.7% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 16.7% of sites use Cufon 1.09, and 16.7% use Cufon 2.

  • 1.10 66.7%
  • 1.09 16.7%
  • 2 16.7%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Cufon alternatives.

RankName
1
jQuery
San Francisco, California, United States

A fast, small, feature-rich JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, event handling, CSS animations, and Ajax.

FreeOpen source
27
Web Font Loader
San Jose, California, United States

A JavaScript library that gives you added control when using linked fonts via @font-face.

FreeOpen source
117
FitText

A jQuery flexible font plugin that allows elements to fill the width of their parent elements.

FreeOpen source
147
Morphext

A simple, high-performance and cross-browser jQuery rotating / carousel plugin for text phrases powered by Animate.css.

FreeOpen source
262
XRegExp

Provides augmented and extensible JavaScript regular expressions.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Cufon for free?

Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
It is also open source, and you can find its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Cufon the most?

The majority of Cufon users are from the United States.

Who uses Cufon?

According to our data, Cufon is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as spacetimestudios.com, real-debrid.com, and sportslogos.net.

Is Cufon used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by caoa.gov.eg. In total, we found Cufon on 2 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Cufon?

Yes. The most prominent of these is biselrk.edu.pk.

How does Cufon stack up against the competition?

Cufon is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 153 other JavaScript libraries we track.

What are the alternatives to Cufon?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Cufon may include FitText, Web Font Loader, and Morphext.

Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.