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4.37.4 (released 2022-09-30)
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- [subset] Keep nameIDs used by CPAL palette entry labels (#2837).
- [varLib] Avoid negative hmtx values when creating font from variable CFF2 font (#2827).
- [instancer] Don't prune stat.ElidedFallbackNameID (#2828).
- [unicodedata] Update Scripts/Blocks to Unicode 15.0 (#2833).
4.37.3 (released 2022-09-20)
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- [OS/2 / merge] Automatically recalculate ``OS/2.xAvgCharWidth`` after merging
fonts with ``fontTools.merge`` (#2591, #2538).
- [misc/config] Added ``fontTools.misc.configTools`` module, a generic configuration
system (#2416, #2439).
system (#2416, #2439).
Added ``fontTools.config`` module, a fontTools-specific configuration
system using ``configTools`` above.
system using ``configTools`` above.
Attached a ``Config`` object to ``TTFont``.
- [otlLib] Replaced environment variable for GPOS compression level with an
equivalent option using the new config system.
- [designspaceLib] Incremented format version to 5.0 (#2436).
- [designspaceLib] Incremented format version to 5.0 (#2436).
Added discrete axes, variable fonts, STAT information, either design- or
user-space location on instances.
user-space location on instances.
Added ``fontTools.designspaceLib.split`` module to split a designspace
into sub-spaces that interpolate and that represent the variable fonts
listed in the document.
listed in the document.
Made instance names optional and allow computing them from STAT data instead.
Added ``fontTools.designspaceLib.statNames`` module.
Allow instances to have the same location as a previously defined STAT label.
Deprecated some attributes:
``SourceDescriptor``: ``copyLib``, ``copyInfo``, ``copyGroups``, ``copyFeatures``.
Added ``fontTools.designspaceLib.statNames`` module.
Allow instances to have the same location as a previously defined STAT label.
Deprecated some attributes:
``SourceDescriptor``: ``copyLib``, ``copyInfo``, ``copyGroups``, ``copyFeatures``.
``InstanceDescriptor``: ``kerning``, ``info``; ``glyphs``: use rules or sparse
sources.
For both, ``location``: use the more explicit designLocation.
Note: all are soft deprecations and existing code should keep working.
sources.
For both, ``location``: use the more explicit designLocation.
Note: all are soft deprecations and existing code should keep working.
Updated documentation for Python methods and the XML format.
- [varLib] Added ``build_many`` to build several variable fonts from a single
designspace document (#2436).
designspace document (#2436).
Added ``fontTools.varLib.stat`` module to build STAT tables from a designspace
document.
- [otBase] Try to use the Harfbuzz Repacker for packing GSUB/GPOS tables when
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4.25.2 (released 2021-07-26)
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- [COLRv1] Various changes to sync with the latest CORLv1 draft spec. In particular:
define COLR.VarIndexMap, remove/inline ColorIndex struct, add VarIndexBase to ``PaintVar*`` tables (#2372);
add reduced-precicion specialized transform Paints;
define Angle as fraction of half circle encoded as F2Dot14;
use FWORD (int16) for all Paint center coordinates;
change PaintTransform to have an offset to Affine2x3;
- [COLRv1] Various changes to sync with the latest CORLv1 draft spec. In particular:
define COLR.VarIndexMap, remove/inline ColorIndex struct, add VarIndexBase to ``PaintVar*`` tables (#2372);
add reduced-precicion specialized transform Paints;
define Angle as fraction of half circle encoded as F2Dot14;
use FWORD (int16) for all Paint center coordinates;
change PaintTransform to have an offset to Affine2x3;
- [ttLib] when importing XML, only set sfntVersion if the font has no reader and is empty (#2376)
4.25.1 (released 2021-07-16)