--- title: FreeType Speeds-Up ClearType-Like LCD Filter Rendering... description: FreeType library has implemented a 40% performance improvement for LCD filter rendering (ClearType-like) by applying the filter to spans instead of the entire... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/freetype-speeds-up-cleartype-like-lcd-filter-rendering-by-40--femnu7rlw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FreeType Speeds-Up ClearType-Like LCD Filter Rendering By 40% | daily.dev og:description: FreeType library has implemented a 40% performance improvement for LCD filter rendering (ClearType-like) by applying the filter to spans instead of the entire... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/freetype-speeds-up-cleartype-like-lcd-filter-rendering-by-40--femnu7rlw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fEMNU7rlw.png og:image:alt: FreeType Speeds-Up ClearType-Like LCD Filter Rendering By 40% og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FreeType Speeds-Up ClearType-Like LCD Filter Rendering By 40% **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary FreeType library has implemented a 40% performance improvement for LCD filter rendering (ClearType-like) by applying the filter to spans instead of the entire image. The optimization is particularly effective at 32 ppem and shows even greater gains at larger font sizes, with minor rounding differences expected. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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