--- title: July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts... description: Servo 0.5.0 lands 488 commits, adding Linux aarch64 binaries, visible DOM text selections, new CSS features (text-decoration-thickness, box-decoration-break,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more! | daily.dev og:description: Servo 0.5.0 lands 488 commits, adding Linux aarch64 binaries, visible DOM text selections, new CSS features (text-decoration-thickness, box-decoration-break,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CtEmKxsWv.png og:image:alt: July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more! 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. # July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more! **[Servo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/servo-blog)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Servo 0.5.0 lands 488 commits, adding Linux aarch64 binaries, visible DOM text selections, new CSS features (text-decoration-thickness, box-decoration-break, @font-feature-values), and several DOM APIs. Security fixes address vulnerabilities in quick-xml and crossbeam-epoch, plus an ANGLE update bringing many Firefox-derived security fixes. Real-world compat improved for DuckDuckGo and Gumroad. Multithreaded 2D canvas rendering boosts frame rates up to 55% and cuts power use up to 42%, text rendering is up to 10x faster in some cases. Android support now extends to Android 10+, and a breaking API change removes ServoBuilder::webxr_registry() in favor of a lazy Servo::register_webxr_registry, halving servoshell startup time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What happened to ServoBuilder::webxr_registry() in Servo 0.5.0? ServoBuilder::webxr_registry() has been removed in Servo 0.5.0. It is replaced by a new lazy Servo::register_webxr_registry method, a design change that allowed servoshell to halve its startup time. Developers embedding Servo who used the old builder method need to migrate to the new registration API. _daily.dev helps embedders track breaking API changes like this before they ship an upgrade._ ### How much faster is 2D canvas rendering in Servo 0.5.0? 2D canvas rendering became multithreaded in Servo 0.5.0, improving frame rates by up to 55% and reducing power consumption per frame by up to 42%. Memory usage for canvas rendering was also reduced. Text rendering saw up to a 10x speedup for cases with the same text at different font sizes. _engineers comparing browser engine performance follow benchmarks like these on daily.dev._ ### What security vulnerabilities were fixed in Servo 0.5.0? Servo 0.5.0 fixes vulnerabilities in the quick-xml and crossbeam-epoch Rust crates, tracked as RUSTSEC-2026-0194, RUSTSEC-2026-0195, and RUSTSEC-2026-0204. Additionally, ANGLE was updated from a Firefox 115.x ESR-based version to one based on Firefox 140.12.0 ESR, likely including many additional security fixes. _teams tracking dependency CVEs like these keep patch notes current with daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [June in Servo: real world compat, media queries, SharedWorker, and more](https://daily.dev/posts/june-in-servo-real-world-compat-media-queries-sharedworker-and-more-wihizhsml) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#webgpu](https://daily.dev/tags/webgpu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T10:09:40.131Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T10:44:26.370Z","description":"Servo 0.5.0 lands 488 commits, adding Linux aarch64 binaries, visible DOM text selections, new CSS features (text-decoration-thickness, box-decoration-break,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/63327e44ffaad092c5ea8a79e8bab604?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/63327e44ffaad092c5ea8a79e8bab604?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Servo Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Servo Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--cparZjCV--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1788155674/logos/servo-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/servo-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"css,rust,webgpu","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Servo Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/servo-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more!"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-in-servo-more-platforms-faster-canvas-web-fonts-in-svg-and-more--ctemkxswv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What happened to ServoBuilder::webxr_registry() in Servo 0.5.0?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"ServoBuilder::webxr_registry() has been removed in Servo 0.5.0. 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