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+<!-- Guide to writing performance tests for p5.js source code.  -->
+
+# Performance Testing
+
+Performance testing is an essential part of measuring how fasst isolated code paths take to execute under a known range of conditions.
+
+Implementation notes:
+
+- All pre-existing benchmarks included the full p5 instance setup which adds ~50ms to each test. The typography performance tests show how to isolate performance testing away from setup overhead.
+- The `textToPoints() single word, with render` test draws the calculated points, others just run `textToPoints()`.
+
+## Typography Tests
+
+To isolate typography tests, run the following:
+
+```shell
+npx vitest bench test/bench/typography.bench.js --reporter=verbose
+```
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+import { bench, describe } from "vitest";
+import p5 from "../../src/app";
+import { WEBGL, WEBGPU } from "../../src/core/constants";
+
+const fontFile = "../../test/manual-test-examples/type/font/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf";
+
+const strs = {
+  single: "Performance",
+  ten: "Performance testing 10 words at a time is exhaustive! Right?",
+  paragraph: Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) =>
+    `${i === 0 ? "\t": ""}Performance is vital in all aspects of text rendering, even 10 lines at a time. This is line ${i + 1} of 10.`
+  ).join("\n") // This will hit around 15fps, 21275 points
+};
+
+// Parameterizing test cases by function ensures consitency in test parameters across all renderers.
+// Future tests should follow a similar format (e.g. TO_CONTOURS_CASES, etc)
+const TO_POINTS_CASES = [
+  {label: "textToPoints() single word", str: strs.single, textSize: 20, sampleFactor: 0.5, points: 317, variance: 5, render: false},
+  {label: "textToPoints() single word, 150pt", str: strs.single, textSize: 150, sampleFactor: 0.5, points: 2336, variance: 50, render: false},
+  {label: "textToPoints() single word, with render", str: strs.single, textSize: 20, sampleFactor: 0.5, points: 317, variance: 5, render: true},
+  {label: "textToPoints() 10 words", str: strs.ten, textSize: 20, sampleFactor: 0.5, points: 1453, variance: 5, render: false},
+  {label: "textToPoints() paragraph", str: strs.paragraph, textSize: 20, sampleFactor: 0.5, points: 21275, variance: 50, render: false},
+];
+
+async function bootstrap(w = 400, h = 400, renderer = undefined) {
+  var myp5;
+  var font;
+  new p5(function (p) {
+    p.setup = async function () {
+      myp5 = p;
+      font = await p.loadFont(fontFile);
+      p.createCanvas(w, h, renderer);
+    };
+  });
+  await vi.waitFor(() => {
+    if (myp5 === undefined) throw new Error("not ready");
+  });
+  return { myp5, font };
+}
+
+function drawPoints(myp5, points) {
+    for (let point of points) {
+      myp5.point(point.x, point.y);
+    }
+}
+
+const options = { iterations: 20, time: 500 };
+
+describe("Typography: bench 2D", function() {
+  var myp5, font;
+
+  for (let testCase of TO_POINTS_CASES) {
+    bench(
+      testCase.label,
+      async () => {
+        const points = font.textToPoints(testCase.str, 10, 20, { sampleFactor: testCase.sampleFactor });
+        assert.closeTo(points.length, testCase.points, testCase.variance);
+        if (testCase.render) {
+          drawPoints(myp5, points);
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        ...options,
+        setup: async () => {
+          ({myp5, font} = await bootstrap());
+          myp5.textSize(testCase.textSize);
+        },
+        teardown: () => myp5.remove()
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+});
+
+describe("Typography: bench WebGL", function() {
+  var myp5, font;
+
+  for (let testCase of TO_POINTS_CASES) {
+    bench(
+      testCase.label,
+      async () => {
+        const points = font.textToPoints(testCase.str, 10, 20, { sampleFactor: testCase.sampleFactor });
+        assert.closeTo(points.length, testCase.points, testCase.variance);
+        if (testCase.render) {
+          drawPoints(myp5, points);
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        ...options,
+        setup: async () => {
+          ({myp5, font} = await bootstrap(400, 400, WEBGL));
+          myp5.textSize(testCase.textSize);
+        },
+        teardown: () => myp5.remove()
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+});
+
+describe("Typography: bench WebGPU", function() {
+  var myp5, font;
+
+  for (let testCase of TO_POINTS_CASES) {
+    bench(
+      testCase.label,
+      async () => {
+        const points = font.textToPoints(testCase.str, 10, 20, { sampleFactor: testCase.sampleFactor });
+        assert.closeTo(points.length, testCase.points, testCase.variance);
+        if (testCase.render) {
+          drawPoints(myp5, points);
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        ...options,
+        setup: async () => {
+          ({myp5, font} = await bootstrap(400, 400, WEBGPU));
+          myp5.textSize(testCase.textSize);
+        },
+        teardown: () => myp5.remove()
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+});
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