From 0ca13f8e5ad141f4ebf7c5e9cd60bc93f784c5a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosimo Lupo <cosimo@anthrotype.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:26:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS.rst [skip ci]

---
 NEWS.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 79c97cf62..3b16fc094 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- [hmtx/vmtx]: Allow to compile/decompile ``hmtx`` and ``vmtx`` tables even
+  without the corresponding (required) metrics header tables, ``hhea`` and
+  ``vhea`` (#1439).
 - [varLib] Added support for localized axes' ``labelname`` and named instances'
   ``stylename`` (#1438).