NEWS revision 1.1.1.8
1 1.1.1.2 mrg Xft 2 1.1.1.2 mrg X FreeType library 3 1.1.1.8 mrg Version 2.3.5 4 1.1.1.8 mrg 2022-09-05 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 1.1.1.8 mrg Version 2.3.5 11 1.1.1.8 mrg 12 1.1.1.8 mrg Add support for BGRA glyphs display and scaling 13 1.1.1.8 mrg Add "trackmemusage" property to use in improved _XftFontUncacheGlyph 14 1.1.1.8 mrg Revised/completed manual page; all functions are documented. 15 1.1.1.8 mrg 16 1.1.1.7 mrg Version 2.3.4 17 1.1.1.7 mrg 18 1.1.1.7 mrg Handle deprecation of FcNameRegisterObjectTypes API by fontconfig. 19 1.1.1.7 mrg Minor cleanups for compiler warnings and man pages. 20 1.1.1.7 mrg 21 1.1.1.6 mrg Version 2.3.3 22 1.1.1.6 mrg 23 1.1.1.6 mrg Use XRenderCreateSolidFill when available (Render version 0.10 or later) 24 1.1.1.6 mrg in XftDrawSrcPicture. 25 1.1.1.6 mrg 26 1.1.1.5 mrg Version 2.3.2 27 1.1.1.5 mrg 28 1.1.1.5 mrg Build fix for freetype 2.5.1, man page fix for XftDrawString8 & XftDrawRect. 29 1.1.1.5 mrg 30 1.1.1.5 mrg Version 2.3.1 31 1.1.1.5 mrg 32 1.1.1.5 mrg Fix regression that broke bold fonts in 2.3.0, remove dead code. 33 1.1.1.5 mrg 34 1.1.1.4 mrg Version 2.3.0 35 1.1.1.4 mrg 36 1.1.1.4 mrg Subpixel LCD text rendering improvements 37 1.1.1.4 mrg 38 1.1.1.4 mrg Dropped support for versions of freetype2, fontconfig & libXrender that 39 1.1.1.4 mrg pre-dated pkgconfig support. 40 1.1.1.4 mrg 41 1.1.1.4 mrg Raised minimum required versions to freetype2 2.1.6 & fontconfig 2.5.92. 42 1.1.1.4 mrg 43 1.1.1.4 mrg 44 1.1.1.3 mrg Version 2.2.0 45 1.1.1.3 mrg 46 1.1.1.3 mrg Dropped xft-config, now that pkg-config is well established. 47 1.1.1.3 mrg 48 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.14 49 1.1.1.2 mrg 50 1.1.1.2 mrg Added fake bold support (#1579, Novell #38202/223682). 51 1.1.1.2 mrg 52 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.13 53 1.1.1.2 mrg 54 1.1.1.2 mrg Fix hashing in 64-bit versions. Register objects with freetype. 55 1.1.1.2 mrg Fix XftDrawRect when Render not supported. 56 1.1.1.2 mrg 57 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.12 58 1.1.1.2 mrg 59 1.1.1.2 mrg Fix exporting of XftNameUnparse function. 60 1.1.1.2 mrg 61 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.9 62 1.1.1.2 mrg 63 1.1.1.2 mrg Stop exporting unnecessary symbols. 64 1.1.1.2 mrg 65 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.7 66 1.1.1.2 mrg 67 1.1.1.2 mrg Change FC_CHARCELL and FC_MONO interpretation. FC_MONO no longer clips 68 1.1.1.2 mrg glyphs to charcell, you must specify FC_CHARCELL for that. 69 1.1.1.2 mrg 70 1.1.1.2 mrg Add support for FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden where it exists (which it usually 71 1.1.1.2 mrg doesn't). 72 1.1.1.2 mrg 73 1.1.1.2 mrg Avoid crashing when using FT_Face objects. 74 1.1.1.2 mrg 75 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.6 76 1.1.1.2 mrg 77 1.1.1.2 mrg Deal with broken FreeType 2.1.7 BDF/PCF loaders by trying both y_ppem/x_ppem 78 1.1.1.2 mrg and width/height values. 79 1.1.1.2 mrg 80 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.5 81 1.1.1.2 mrg 82 1.1.1.2 mrg Left some #warnings from testing in the 2.1.4 release. Spin again. 83 1.1.1.2 mrg 84 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.4 85 1.1.1.2 mrg 86 1.1.1.2 mrg Work with older versions of Fontconfig by using various pattern elements 87 1.1.1.2 mrg only when defined. 88 1.1.1.2 mrg 89 1.1.1.2 mrg Version 2.1.3 90 1.1.1.2 mrg 91 1.1.1.2 mrg Change Freetype includes to new syntax. 92 1.1.1.2 mrg 93 1.1.1.2 mrg Search for nearest bitmap for bitmap-only fonts. 94 1.1.1.2 mrg 95 1.1.1.2 mrg Support fontconfig 2.2 release which doesn't include FC_HINT_STYLE. 96
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