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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- [varLib.cff] Restore and deprecate convertCFFtoCFF2 that was removed in 4.52.0
+  release as it is used by downstream projects (#3535).
+
 4.52.3 (released 2024-05-27)
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@@ -8,10 +11,10 @@
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 - [varLib.interpolatable] Ensure that scipy/numpy output is JSON-serializable
-  (#3522, #3526)
+  (#3522, #3526).
 - [housekeeping] Regenerate table lists, to fix pyinstaller packaging of the new
-  ``VARC`` table (#3531, #3529)
-- [cffLib] Make CFFToCFF2 and CFF2ToCFF more robust (#3521, #3525)
+  ``VARC`` table (#3531, #3529).
+- [cffLib] Make CFFToCFF2 and CFF2ToCFF more robust (#3521, #3525).
 
 4.52.1 (released 2024-05-24)
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