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