From 8ea7e6c7e442561daad779883947c388c16ef5a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosimo Lupo Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 13:33:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update changelog [skip ci] --- NEWS.rst | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 5e1fccf83..b58da3492 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -1,3 +1,57 @@ +- [mtiLib] Optionally add `Debg` debug info for MTI feature builds (#3018). +- [ttx] Support reading input file from standard input using special `-` character, + similar to existing `-o -` option to write output to standard output (#3020). +- [cython] Prevent ``cython.compiled`` raise AttributeError if cython not installed + properly (#3017). +- [OS/2] Guard against ZeroDivisionError when calculating xAvgCharWidth in the unlikely + scenario no glyph has non-zero advance (#3015). +- [subset] Recompute xAvgCharWidth independently of --no-prune-unicode-ranges, + previously the two options were involuntarily bundled together (#3012). +- [name] Make NameRecord `__lt__` comparison not fail on Unicode encoding errors (#3006). +- [featureVars] Fixed bug in ``overlayBox`` (#3003, #3005). +- [glyf] TODO Cubic glyf (#2988). +- Added new qu2cu module and related qu2cuPen, the reverse of cu2qu for converting + TrueType quadratic splines to cubic bezier curves (#2993). +- [glyf/gvar] TODO VarComposites (#2958). +- [sbix] Ensure Glyph.referenceGlyphName is set; fixes error after dumping and + re-compiling sbix table with 'dupe' glyphs (#2984). +- [feaLib] Be cleverer when merging chained single substitutions into same lookup + when they are specified using the inline notation (#2150, #2974). +- [instancer] Clamp user-inputted axis ranges to those of fvar (#2959). +- [otBase/subset] Define ``__getstate__`` for BaseTable so that a copied/pickled 'lazy' + object gets its own OTTableReader to read from; incidentally fixes a bug while + subsetting COLRv1 table containing ClipBoxes on python 3.11 (#2965, #2968). +- [sbix] Handle glyphs with "dupe" graphic type on compile correctly (#2963). +- [glyf] ``endPointsOfContours`` field should be unsigned! Kudos to behdad for + spotting one of the oldest bugs in FT. Probably nobody has ever dared to make + glyphs with more than 32767 points... (#2957). +- [feaLib] Fixed handling of ``ignore`` statements with unmarked glyphs to match + makeotf behavior, which assumes the first glyph is marked (#2950). +- Reformatted code with ``black`` and enforce new code style via CI check (#2925). +- [feaLib] Sort name table entries following OT spec prescribed order in the builder (#2927). +- [cu2quPen] Add Cu2QuMultiPen that converts multiple outlines at a time in + interpolation compatible way; its methods take a list of tuples arguments + that would normally be passed to individual segment pens, and at the end it + dispatches the converted outlines to each pen (#2912). +- [reverseContourPen/ttGlyphPen] Add outputImpliedClosingLine option (#2913, #2914, + #2921, #2922, #2995). +- [gvar] Avoid expanding all glyphs unnecessarily upon compile (#2918). +- [scaleUpem] Fixed bug whereby CFF2 vsindex was scaled; it should not (#2893, #2894). +- [designspaceLib] Add DS.getAxisByTag and refactor getAxis (#2891). +- [unicodedata] map Zmth<->math in ot_tag_{to,from}_script (#1737, #2889). +- [woff2] Support encoding/decoding OVERLAP_SIMPLE glyf flags (#2576, #2884). +- [instancer] Update OS/2 class and post.italicAngle when default moved (L4) +- Dropped support for Python 3.7 which reached EOL, fontTools requires 3.8+. +- [instancer] Fixed instantiateFeatureVariations logic when a rule range becomes + default-applicable (#2737, #2880). +- [ttLib] Add main to ttFont and ttCollection that just decompile and re-compile the + input font (#2869). +- [featureVars] Insert 'rvrn' lookup at the beginning of LookupList, to work around bug + in Apple implementation of 'rvrn' feature which the spec says it should be processed + early whereas on macOS 10.15 it follows lookup order (#2140, #2867). +- [instancer/mutator] Remove 'DSIG' table if present. +- [svgPathPen] Don't close path in endPath(), assume open unless closePath() (#2089, #2865). + 4.38.0 (released 2022-10-21) ----------------------------