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+- [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)
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