diff --git a/src/precompile.jl b/src/precompile.jl
index 83810a7..767d876 100644
--- a/src/precompile.jl
+++ b/src/precompile.jl
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ using Random
 
 function _precompile_()
     ccall(:jl_generating_output, Cint, ()) == 1 || return nothing
-    normedtypes = (N0f8, N0f16)                      # precompiled Normed types
-    realtypes = (Float16, Float32, Float64, Int)     # types for mixed Normed/Real operations
+    normedtypes = (N0f8,)                          # N0f8 is most common and accelerates others, too
+    realtypes = (Float16, Float32, Float64, Int)   # types for mixed Normed/Real operations
     for T in normedtypes
         for f in (+, -, abs, eps)       # unary operations
             precompile(Tuple{typeof(f),T})
@@ -29,5 +29,12 @@ function _precompile_()
             precompile(Tuple{typeof(convert),Type{T},S})
             precompile(Tuple{typeof(convert),Type{S},T})
         end
+        # display in the terminal, into pipes and into buffers (e.g. `repr`)
+        for IOT in (IOContext{Base.TTY}, IOContext{Base.PipeEndpoint}, IOContext{IOBuffer}, IOBuffer)
+            precompile(Tuple{typeof(show),IOT,T})
+            precompile(Tuple{typeof(print),IOT,T})
+            precompile(Tuple{typeof(show),IOT,MIME"text/plain",T})
+            precompile(Tuple{typeof(show),IOT,MIME"text/plain",Vector{T}})
+        end
     end
 end