1 birdfont (2.13.0) stable;
2
3 * More descriptive fields in TTF fonts (license, designer, URL etc.)
4 * Stylistic alternates (OpenType feature tag: salt)
5 * Small Caps (OpenType feature tag: scmp)
6 * Capitals to Small Caps (OpenType feature tag: c2sc)
7 * Swashes (OpenType feature tag: swsh)
8 * Parse circles, ellipses and lines in SVG files
9
10 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com Mon Oct 26 11:33:09 CET 2015
11
12 birdfont (2.12.0) stable;
13
14 * Support for HiDPI screens and many small tweaks
15
16 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Sep 23 19:59:00 CEST 2015
17
18 birdfont (2.11.3) stable;
19
20 * Bug fixes
21
22 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Aug 27 15:04:03 CEST 2015
23
24 birdfont (2.11.0) stable;
25
26 * Merge overlapping regions
27 * Bug fixes in the TTF generator
28
29 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Tue Aug 18 16:57:08 CEST 2015
30
31 birdfont (2.10.5) stable;
32
33 * Lock grid and guides
34
35 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Jun 27 15:17:01 CEST 2015
36
37 birdfont (2.10.2) stable;
38
39 * Bug fixes
40
41 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Jun 26 10:56:45 CEST 2015
42
43 birdfont (2.10.1) stable;
44
45 * Bug fixes
46
47 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Jun 25 14:33:32 CEST 2015
48
49 birdfont (2.10.0) stable;
50
51 * Layers
52 * Mac specific TTF fonts (fixes fontbook problems)
53
54 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Jun 21 18:33:10 CEST 2015
55
56 birdfont (2.9.2) stable;
57
58 * Fallback font with support for many languages
59 * Faster GUI
60
61 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Jun 6 19:32:44 CEST 2015
62
63 birdfont (2.8.0) stable;
64
65 * Speed optimization in font export
66 * Faster search queries in the Unicode Data Base.
67 * Better parsing of SVG files generated with Illustrator
68 * Dialog for importing a folder with SVG files
69
70 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Tue May 19 15:04:13 CEST 2015
71
72 birdfont (2.7.0) stable;
73
74 * Stroke
75 * Round line caps
76 * Bug fixes
77
78 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed May 13 16:11:44 CEST 2015
79
80 birdfont (2.6.2) stable;
81
82 * Bug fixes
83
84 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Apr 25 14:04:17 CEST 2015
85
86 birdfont (2.6.0) stable;
87
88 * A tool box in the recent files tab
89 * Bright and dark color themes
90 * Bug fixes
91
92 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Apr 24 11:15:23 CEST 2015
93
94 birdfont (2.5.1) stable;
95
96 * Bug fixes
97
98 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Apr 15 19:52:35 CEST 2015
99
100 birdfont (2.5.0) stable;
101
102 * Export settings
103 * Curve orientation
104 * Bug fixes
105
106 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Apr 13 16:45:00 CET 2015
107
108 birdfont (2.4.4) stable;
109
110 * Bug fixes
111
112 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 31 11:00:00 CET 2015
113
114 birdfont (2.4.3) stable;
115
116 * Bug fixes
117
118 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 27 12:27:00 CET 2015
119
120 birdfont (2.4.2) stable;
121
122 * Bug fixes
123
124 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 27 12:27:00 CET 2015
125
126 birdfont (2.4.1) stable;
127
128 * Bug fixes
129
130 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 27 12:27:00 CET 2015
131
132 birdfont (2.4.0) stable;
133
134 * Contextual ligature substitution
135 * Kerning strings
136 * Bug fixes
137
138 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 24 22:09:00 CET 2015
139
140 birdfont (2.3.2) stable;
141
142 * Bug fixes
143
144 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 21 17:43:16 CET 2015
145
146 birdfont (2.3.1) stable;
147
148 * Bug fixes
149
150 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Mar 20 18:23:31 CET 2015
151
152 birdfont (2.3.0) stable;
153
154 * Customizable color themes and better icons
155 * High contrast settings for better readability
156 * Fixes for problems in TTF creation and other bugs
157
158 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Mar 18 14:46:30 CET 2015
159
160 birdfont (2.2.0) stable;
161
162 * Customizable guides
163 * Bug fixes and many small UI improvements
164
165 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Mon Mar 9 13:01:03 CET 2015
166
167 birdfont (2.1.0) stable;
168
169 * A new spacing tab
170 * Improved Beziér editing
171 * Side bearing metrics in edit view
172 * Key bindings for zoom in and zoom out in kerning tab
173 * Bug fixes
174
175 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 7 14:49:19 CET 2015
176
177 birdfont (2.0) stable;
178
179 * New UI layout
180 * New zoom tool
181 * Improved background import
182 * Customizable short cuts
183 * New tab for changing font name
184 * Illustrator SVG import and other bug fixes
185 * Load bf fonts faster
186
187 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Dec 26 14:24:07 CET 2014
188
189 birdfont (1.8) stable;
190
191 * Fix compability with Inkscape
192 * Bug fixes
193
194 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Nov 6 12:13:15 CET 2014
195
196 birdfont (1.8) stable;
197
198 * A new Beziér drawing tool
199 * Move paths independent from handles or along handles.
200 * Bug fixes
201
202 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Oct 18 15:13:52 CEST 2014
203
204 birdfont (1.7) stable;
205
206 * Fixes a critical spacing bug and bugs in the drawing canvas.
207
208 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Oct 10 15:28:26 CEST 2014
209
210 birdfont (1.6) stable;
211
212 * Ligature substitution, (Open Type Feature, GSUB table)
213 * Input characters by unicode value in kerning tab
214
215 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Oct 5 22:16:36 CEST 2014
216
217 birdfont (1.5) stable;
218
219 * Bug fixes
220 * A new XML parser
221
222 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Sep 27 19:08:27 CEST 2014
223
224 birdfont (1.4) stable;
225
226 * Bug fixes
227 * A complete Czech translation
228
229 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Sep 21 13:19:55 CEST 2014
230
231 birdfont (1.3) stable;
232
233 * A bug fix
234
235 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Sep 13 22:53:12 CEST 2014
236
237 birdfont (1.2) stable;
238
239 * Bug fixes
240 * Generate fonts compatible with Microsoft Word on Mac OS
241 * Command line utility for autotracing images (birdfont-autotrace)
242
243 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Sep 13 18:11:42 CEST 2014
244
245 birdfont (1.1) stable;
246
247 * Bug fixes
248 * A tool for moving the canvas
249
250 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Sep 7 09:44:48 CEST 2014
251
252 birdfont (1.0) stable;
253
254 * Autotrace – convert raster images to vector fonts
255 * Simplify paths. Deleteing points reduces the number of control points while
256 still keeping the same approximate path. Use Ctrl+Del to break the paths.
257 * Spacing classes that copies side bearings and kerning pairs from one glyph
258 to another. This feature makes it easier to create fonts with only upper
259 case characters as well as mono spaced fonts.
260 * Copy and paste multiple glyphs in the overview tab.
261 * Redo command
262
263 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Sep 3 13:36:00 CEST 2014
264
265 birdfont (0.47) stable;
266
267 * Oblique and italic transformation
268 * Improved overview tab
269 * Compability with CS6
270
271 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Aug 17 16:43:24 CEST 2014
272
273 birdfont (0.46) stable;
274
275 * Copy and paste side bearings
276 * Support for many more languages including Japanese with CMAP format 12.
277 * Tools for adjusting side bearings in the kerning tab
278 * A tool for moving objects to the baseline
279 * A spin buttons for moving objects to a specific coordinate, rotating
280 objects and resizing paths.
281 * Bug fixes
282
283 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Aug 15 16:52:50 CEST 2014
284
285 birdfont (0.45) stable;
286
287 * A bug fix for quadratic control points in TTF files
288
289 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Aug 7 20:08:40 CEST 2014
290
291 birdfont (0.44) stable;
292
293 * Better conversion from SVG to TTF
294
295 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Aug 6 21:45:44 CEST 2014
296
297 birdfont (0.43) stable;
298
299 * Fixes TTF export bug
300
301 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Jul 31 18:52:14 CEST 2014
302
303 birdfont (0.42) stable;
304
305 * Parse transform directive in SVG import.
306 * A new command line utility that makes it possible to import a set of SVG
307 files to a bf font file (birdfont-import).
308 * Crop rotaded and resized images.
309 * Better conversion from SVG files to TTF fonts.
310 * Important bug fixes.
311 * Load, save and export fonts in background threads.
312 * Faster TTF export
313
314 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Mon Jul 28 16:04:20 CEST 2014
315
316 birdfont (0.41) stable;
317
318 * Retain the angle of a control point handle while adjusting the length
319 * Parse round corners and stroke endings in SVG files
320 * Fixes bugs in the SVG import code and elsewhere in order to improve
321 compability with potrace and Illustrator
322 * Delete and undo for kerning pairs
323 * Complete Ukrainian and Spanish translations
324
325 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Jul 5 21:36:04 CEST 2014
326
327 birdfont (0.40) stable;
328
329 * Bug fixes
330
331 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Jun 28 15:02:02 CEST 2014
332
333 birdfont (0.39) stable;
334
335 * Bug fixes in the kerning code
336
337 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Jun 26 22:04:19 CEST 2014
338
339 birdfont (0.38) stable;
340
341 * Many bugs and memory leaks have been fixed in this version
342
343 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Jun 8 16:12:17 CEST 2014
344
345 birdfont (0.37) stable;
346
347 * Font size settings in the kerning tab
348 * A new SVG parser
349 * Compatibility with many Microsoft Windows applications
350 * Bug fixes
351
352 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Apr 10 16:09:59 CEST 2014
353
354 birdfont (0.36) stable;
355
356 * Paste letters in the kerning tab
357 * Settings for the freehand tool
358 * Bug fixes
359
360 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Mar 22 16:47:45 CET 2014
361
362 birdfont (0.35) stable;
363
364 * A new tool for drawing freehand shapes with the mouse
365 * Bug fixes related to conversion from SVG to TTF
366 * Fixes crash bug in SVG import code
367
368 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Mar 19 20:24:14 CET 2014
369
370 birdfont (0.34) stable;
371
372 * Solves kerning issues and other bugs.
373
374 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Feb 14 14:20:12 CET 2014
375
376 birdfont (0.33) stable;
377
378 * Background images on new versions of Mac OS X and other bug fixes.
379
380 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Feb 12 21:22:18 CET 2014
381
382 birdfont (0.32) stable;
383
384 * Touch screen friendly interface
385 * New tools for adding and moving control points
386 * Icons in 320 dpi
387 * French translation
388 * Bug fixes
389
390 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Tue Feb 11 08:53:15 CET 2014
391
392 birdfont (0.31) stable;
393
394 * Bug fixes
395
396 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Sep 13 19:53:02 CEST 2013
397
398 birdfont (0.30) stable;
399
400 * Bug fixes
401
402 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Sep 11 18:39:13 CEST 2013
403
404 birdfont (0.29) stable;
405
406 * Groups of paths and control points
407 * Speed optimizations
408 * Bold and italic styles
409 * Bug fixes
410 * TTF units
411 * Paste in place and paste at cursor
412
413 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Tue Sep 10 12:51:33 CEST 2013
414
415 birdfont (0.28) stable;
416
417 * Kerning classes
418 * Copy and paste paths between windows
419
420 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Aug 24 22:12:04 CEST 2013
421
422 birdfont (0.27) stable;
423
424 * Rotate paths
425 * Flip path
426 * Convert segments to lines
427 * Symmetrical control points
428 * Use glyphs as backgrounds
429
430 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Aug 11 16:33:47 CEST 2013
431
432 birdfont (0.26) stable;
433
434 * Bug fixes for Mac OS X
435
436 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Aug 4 18:28:40 CEST 2013
437
438 birdfont (0.25) stable;
439
440 * Bug fixes
441
442 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Aug 1 23:08:20 CEST 2013
443
444 birdfont (0.24) stable;
445
446 * New overview tab
447 * Two control point handles for quadratic paths
448 * Better conversion from SVG to TTF
449 * Bug fixes
450
451 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Jul 31 14:34:12 CEST 2013
452
453 birdfont (0.23) stable;
454
455 * Bugfixes
456
457 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Jul 14 19:25:00 CEST 2013
458
459 birdfont (0.22) stable;
460
461 * Bugfixes and many changes to make BirdFont run on Mac OS X
462
463 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Jul 14 01:24:00 CEST 2013
464
465 birdfont (0.21) stable;
466
467 * Bugfixes
468
469 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Jul 5 22:45:40 CEST 2013
470
471 birdfont (0.20) stable;
472
473 * Descriptive fields in TTF fonts (like version number and name)
474 * Kerning for both Chrome and Firefox
475 * Read TTF font instead of SVG font in html template
476 * Bugfixes
477 * Improved translations
478
479 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Jul 5 14:13:25 CEST 2013
480
481 birdfont (0.19) stable;
482
483 * Descriptions from the Unicode Character Database
484 * A new file format (.bf replaces .ffi)
485 * Bugfixes
486 * Two quadratic points with a hidden point in between creates a quadratic path with two line handles
487 * Quadratic points is now the default
488 * Scrollbar
489 * TTF export on MacOS
490 * French translation
491
492 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Jun 20 16:15:08 CEST 2013
493
494 birdfont (0.18) stable;
495
496 * Bugfixes
497
498 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Tue Feb 26 16:28:20 CET 2013
499
500 birdfont (0.17) stable;
501
502 * Macports validation
503
504 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Feb 25 23:46:00 CET 2013
505
506 birdfont (0.16) stable;
507
508 * Correct location in ID loadcommand for Macports
509
510 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Feb 25 23:46:00 CET 2013
511
512 birdfont (0.15) stable;
513
514 * Macports file
515
516 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Feb 25 23:46:00 CET 2013
517
518 birdfont (0.14) stable;
519
520 * Bug fixes
521
522 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Feb 24 17:43:00 CET 2013
523
524 birdfont (0.13) stable;
525
526 * Quadratic Bézier paths
527 * Edit SVG fonts
528 * Open OTF and TTF fonts with freetype2
529 * Open Type kerning (GPOS pair adjustment positioning subtable)
530 * Bugfixes
531 * Spanish translation
532 * Russian translation
533 * Italian translation
534 * Brasilian Portuguese translation
535
536 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Feb 23 19:56:51 CET 2013
537
538 birdfont (0.12) stable;
539
540 * Bug fixes and updated test suit
541
542 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Jan 31 19:01:04 CET 2013
543
544 birdfont (0.11) stable;
545
546 * Bug fixes
547
548 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Jan 30 09:25:10 CET 2013
549
550 birdfont (0.10) stable;
551
552 * Bug fixes
553 * Move paths with keyboard
554 * Backup and crash recovery
555
556 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Jan 27 20:38:32 CET 2013
557
558 birdfont (0.9) stable;
559
560 * Color
561 * Adjustable control point size
562 * Select all path
563 * Resize all selected paths
564 * Import SVG files from Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator
565 * Move control points with keyboard
566 * Bugfixes
567 * Join paths
568 * German translation
569 * Chinese translation
570
571 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Jan 26 13:57:48 CET 2013
572
573 birdfont (0.8) stable;
574
575 * Copy and paste paths from inkscape
576 * Export SVG files
577 * New build system on top of Eduardo Schettinos doit
578 * Dutch translation by Sven Santegoeds
579
580 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Dec 26 23:00:43 CET 2012
581
582 birdfont (0.7) stable;
583
584 * New icons
585 * Bug fixes
586 * Menu
587 * Internationalization
588
589 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Dec 8 14:40:08 CET 2012
590
591 birdfont (0.6) stable;
592
593 * Improved TrueType outlines
594 * Resize paths
595 * Bug fixes
596
597 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Oct 28 18:38:35 CET 2012
598
599 birdfont (0.5) stable;
600
601 * Move multiple control points
602 * Draw path from both ends
603 * New edit commands
604 * Man pages
605
606 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sat Oct 20 19:52:27 CEST 2012
607
608 birdfont (0.4.1) stable;
609
610 * Edit filled paths
611 * Bug fixes
612
613 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Wed Sep 19 15:37:40 CEST 2012
614
615 birdfont (0.4.0) stable;
616
617 * Larger control points
618 * Crop background updates position of the image
619 * Undo command for background images
620 * Faster multithreaded export
621 * Juxtapose glyphs and draw every glyph in its context
622 * New notdef. character
623 * New tab bar
624
625 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Sep 14 13:11:13 CEST 2012
626
627 birdfont (0.3.0) stable;
628
629 * Embedded OpenType (EOT) support
630 * Utility for exporting fonts from the command line (birdfont-export)
631 * New preview and export codes
632 * Rotate, scale and crop background images
633 * New key bindings
634
635 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Sun Sep 9 20:54:18 CEST 2012
636
637 birdfont (0.2.0) stable;
638
639 * TTF support
640 * Desktop file and icon
641 * Merge paths
642 * Wine support
643
644 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Thu Aug 30 23:51:17 CEST 2012
645
646 birdfont (0.1.1) stable;
647
648 * Several important bug fixes
649
650 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Aug 24 02:03:29 CEST 2012
651
652 birdfont (0.1.0) stable;
653
654 * First release
655
656 -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com> Fri Aug 24 02:03:29 CEST 2012
657