3 * New option `--components' to treat components of composite glyphs
4 separately. This greatly reduces the bytecode size.
6 I'm waiting for reports whether this option works for most fonts; in case
7 this is true I'm inverting the option, making it the default (and the old
10 * Full support of TTCs, this is, all subfonts get auto-hinted now.
12 * The upper limit of the `--increase-x-height' option has been removed.
14 * Drag-and-drop support in the GUI.
16 * The TTY version of ttfautohint now acts like a (Unix) filter, this is, it
17 accepts stdin and stdout as input and output, respectively.
19 * Less memory consumption.
24 * A serious bug in the created bytecode has been fixed, causing incorrect
30 * A new, `strong' routine to handle stem widths and positions has been
31 added, to be selected with the `--strong-stem-width' command line option.
32 If it is active, stem widths and positions are snapped to the grid as much
33 as possible. This algorithm is useful for GDI ClearType support.
35 * A new command line option `--debug' (not available for ttfautohintGUI) to
36 print very detailed debugging information.
41 * The created bytecode has been reduced in size, making it approx. 20%
44 * New option `--symbol' to use standard stem height and width values instead
45 of using character `o' (which may be missing). Use this option for symbol
48 * More documentation (in text, HTML, and PDF format). It's still
51 * Option `--ignore-permissions' has been renamed to `--ignore-restrictions'.
52 The short form is still `-i'.
54 * Defaults for various parameters have been set to more sensible values:
56 hinting-range-max: 50 (was 1000)
57 hinting-limit: 200 (was 1000)
59 * Option `--increase-x-height' now has a mandatory argument (in the range
60 6-20 or value 0 to disable it, default value is 14).
65 * Implement option `-x' to increase the x height of the font for small PPEM
66 values by rounding up far more often then rounding down.
68 * Add option `-G N' to switch off hinting completely above value N.
70 * ttfautohint now appends version information and the used parameters to the
71 `Version' field(s) in the `name' table. This can be suppressed with
77 * A GUI has been added, using the Qt framework. The binary is called
83 * The improved handling of composite glyphs in 0.6 was buggy under certain
84 circumstances, making ttfautohint crash and FontValidator complain.
86 * Dropout handling has been activated.
91 * Improved handling of composite glyphs.
93 * Implement option `-p' to pre-hint glyphs with original hints before
94 conversion takes place.
96 * Don't add a DSIG table if there is none in the input font.
98 * Human-readable error messages instead of hexadecimal error codes.
100 * Better tests (both at runtime and compile time) to reject too old FreeType
106 * Rendering on iOS is now expected to give good results.
108 * No bad rendering at very large PPEM values.
113 * The bytecode has been changed to `create' twilight points. This should
114 avoid rendering artifacts on some platforms.
119 * Fix font generation; sometimes the `glyf' table was one byte too short,
120 making the font invalid.
125 * Fix bytecode bugs which prevented correct rendering on some platforms.