Cheng Lou on X: "My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces): I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at https://t.co/BKnwCDIp75" / X
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Added to your Bookmarks Add to Folder Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post Dante ⁂ @dantemagg Post See new posts Conversation Cheng Lou @_chenglou My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces): I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at least in concept): Fast, accurate and comprehensive userland text measurement algorithm in pure TypeScript, usable for laying out entire web pages without CSS, bypassing DOM measurements and reflow 0:07 10:09 PM · Mar 27, 2026 · 2.5M 2.4M Views 434 2K 14K 16K Relevant View quotes Post your reply Reply Cheng Lou @_chenglou · 18h Text layout & measurement was the last & biggest bottleneck for unlocking much more interesting UIs, especially
@_chenglou: My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces): I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at least in concept): Fast, accurate and comprehensive userland text measurement algorithm in pure TypeScript, usable for laying out entire web pages without CSS, bypassing DOM measurements and reflow @_chenglou: Text layout & measurement was the last & biggest bottleneck for unlocking much more interesting UIs,
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