3 * A serious bug in the created bytecode has been fixed, causing incorrect
9 * A new, `strong' routine to handle stem widths and positions has been
10 added, to be selected with the `--strong-stem-width' command line option.
11 If it is active, stem widths and positions are snapped to the grid as much
12 as possible. This algorithm is useful for GDI ClearType support.
14 * A new command line option `--debug' (not available for ttfautohintGUI) to
15 print very detailed debugging information.
20 * The created bytecode has been reduced in size, making it approx. 20%
23 * New option `--symbol' to use standard stem height and width values instead
24 of using character `o' (which may be missing). Use this option for symbol
27 * More documentation (in text, HTML, and PDF format). It's still
30 * Option `--ignore-permissions' has been renamed to `--ignore-restrictions'.
31 The short form is still `-i'.
33 * Defaults for various parameters have been set to more sensible values:
35 hinting-range-max: 50 (was 1000)
36 hinting-limit: 200 (was 1000)
38 * Option `--increase-x-height' now has a mandatory argument (in the range
39 6-20 or value 0 to disable it, default value is 14).
44 * Implement option `-x' to increase the x height of the font for small PPEM
45 values by rounding up far more often then rounding down.
47 * Add option `-G N' to switch off hinting completely above value N.
49 * ttfautohint now appends version information and the used parameters to the
50 `Version' field(s) in the `name' table. This can be suppressed with
56 * A GUI has been added, using the Qt framework. The binary is called
62 * The improved handling of composite glyphs in 0.6 was buggy under certain
63 circumstances, making ttfautohint crash and FontValidator complain.
65 * Dropout handling has been activated.
70 * Improved handling of composite glyphs.
72 * Implement option `-p' to pre-hint glyphs with original hints before
73 conversion takes place.
75 * Don't add a DSIG table if there is none in the input font.
77 * Human-readable error messages instead of hexadecimal error codes.
79 * Better tests (both at runtime and compile time) to reject too old FreeType
85 * Rendering on iOS is now expected to give good results.
87 * No bad rendering at very large PPEM values.
92 * The bytecode has been changed to `create' twilight points. This should
93 avoid rendering artifacts on some platforms.
98 * Fix font generation; sometimes the `glyf' table was one byte too short,
99 making the font invalid.
104 * Fix bytecode bugs which prevented correct rendering on some platforms.