NEWS revision 1.1.1.7
1 1.1.1.2 mrg Xft 2 1.1.1.2 mrg X FreeType library 3 1.1.1.7 mrg Version 2.3.4 4 1.1.1.7 mrg 2021-08-01 5 1.1.1.2 mrg 6 1.1.1.4 mrg Xft version 2.1 was the first stand alone release of Xft, a library that 7 1.1.1.2 mrg connects X applications with the FreeType font rasterization library. Xft 8 1.1.1.2 mrg uses fontconfig to locate fonts so it has no configuration files. 9 1.1.1.2 mrg 10 1.1.1.7 mrg Version 2.3.4 11 1.1.1.7 mrg 12 1.1.1.7 mrg Handle deprecation of FcNameRegisterObjectTypes API by fontconfig. 13 1.1.1.7 mrg Minor cleanups for compiler warnings and man pages. 14 1.1.1.7 mrg 15 1.1.1.6 mrg Version 2.3.3 16 1.1.1.6 mrg 17 1.1.1.6 mrg Use XRenderCreateSolidFill when available (Render version 0.10 or later) 18 1.1.1.6 mrg in XftDrawSrcPicture. 19 1.1.1.6 mrg 20 1.1.1.5 mrg Version 2.3.2 21 1.1.1.5 mrg 22 1.1.1.5 mrg Build fix for freetype 2.5.1, man page fix for XftDrawString8 & XftDrawRect. 23 1.1.1.5 mrg 24 1.1.1.5 mrg Version 2.3.1 25 1.1.1.5 mrg 26 1.1.1.5 mrg Fix regression that broke bold fonts in 2.3.0, remove dead code. 27 1.1.1.5 mrg 28 1.1.1.4 mrg Version 2.3.0 29 1.1.1.4 mrg 30 1.1.1.4 mrg Subpixel LCD text rendering improvements 31 1.1.1.4 mrg 32 1.1.1.4 mrg Dropped support for versions of freetype2, fontconfig & libXrender that 33 1.1.1.4 mrg pre-dated pkgconfig support. 34 1.1.1.4 mrg 35 1.1.1.4 mrg Raised minimum required versions to freetype2 2.1.6 & fontconfig 2.5.92. 36 1.1.1.4 mrg 37 1.1.1.4 mrg 38 1.1.1.3 mrg Version 2.2.0 39 1.1.1.3 mrg 40 1.1.1.3 mrg Dropped xft-config, now that pkg-config is well established. 41 1.1.1.3 mrg 42 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.14 43 1.1.1.2 mrg 44 1.1.1.2 mrg Added fake bold support (#1579, Novell #38202/223682). 45 1.1.1.2 mrg 46 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.13 47 1.1.1.2 mrg 48 1.1.1.2 mrg Fix hashing in 64-bit versions. Register objects with freetype. 49 1.1.1.2 mrg Fix XftDrawRect when Render not supported. 50 1.1.1.2 mrg 51 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.12 52 1.1.1.2 mrg 53 1.1.1.2 mrg Fix exporting of XftNameUnparse function. 54 1.1.1.2 mrg 55 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.9 56 1.1.1.2 mrg 57 1.1.1.2 mrg Stop exporting unnecessary symbols. 58 1.1.1.2 mrg 59 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.7 60 1.1.1.2 mrg 61 1.1.1.2 mrg Change FC_CHARCELL and FC_MONO interpretation. FC_MONO no longer clips 62 1.1.1.2 mrg glyphs to charcell, you must specify FC_CHARCELL for that. 63 1.1.1.2 mrg 64 1.1.1.2 mrg Add support for FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden where it exists (which it usually 65 1.1.1.2 mrg doesn't). 66 1.1.1.2 mrg 67 1.1.1.2 mrg Avoid crashing when using FT_Face objects. 68 1.1.1.2 mrg 69 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.6 70 1.1.1.2 mrg 71 1.1.1.2 mrg Deal with broken FreeType 2.1.7 BDF/PCF loaders by trying both y_ppem/x_ppem 72 1.1.1.2 mrg and width/height values. 73 1.1.1.2 mrg 74 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.5 75 1.1.1.2 mrg 76 1.1.1.2 mrg Left some #warnings from testing in the 2.1.4 release. Spin again. 77 1.1.1.2 mrg 78 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.4 79 1.1.1.2 mrg 80 1.1.1.2 mrg Work with older versions of Fontconfig by using various pattern elements 81 1.1.1.2 mrg only when defined. 82 1.1.1.2 mrg 83 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.3 84 1.1.1.2 mrg 85 1.1.1.2 mrg Change Freetype includes to new syntax. 86 1.1.1.2 mrg 87 1.1.1.2 mrg Search for nearest bitmap for bitmap-only fonts. 88 1.1.1.2 mrg 89 1.1.1.2 mrg Support fontconfig 2.2 release which doesn't include FC_HINT_STYLE. 90
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