Changelog for Fontra

2024-10-24

Various improvements to the font sources panel PR 1739
Add changelog file PR 1749

2024-10-23

New cross-axis mapping page for avar2 mappings PR 1729
Allow custom shortcuts for selecting previous/next reference font PR 1742

2024-10-16

New pen tool icon PR 1726

2024-10-14

New languages: French, Dutch, German

2024-10-13

Fontra Pak: build macOS application as "Universal2" binary, so it runs natively on all processor types Fontra Pak PR 108

2024-10-12

Delete gear panel (move to difference locations, for example: View -> Glyph editor apperance) PR 1701

2024-10-10

Fontra Pak: added "Export as..." functionality Fontra Pak PR 133

2024-09-27

Shape tool (rectangle, ellipse)
Knife tool

New editor features

Interactive transformation (scale, rotate)
Glyph level guidelines
Close/Join contours
Anchors
Glyph locking

New panels

Development status definitions panel (colors)
Sources panel (Global sources editor)
Shortcuts panel

New sidebars

Selection Transformation
- transform objects (move, scale, rotate, skew)
- Align and distribute objects
- Path operations like remove overlaps
Glyph Notes
Related Glyphs & Characters

New visualizations

Line metrics
Development status color
Transform selection
Guidelines
Component nodes and handles
Anchor names
Contour indices
Component names and indices
Coordinates
Point indices
Glyph lock icon for non-editing glyphs

Misc

UI Translation (Chinese and English)

2024-03-01

Fontra Pak: Create new font
Menu bar
Axis editor
- Mapping (graph + list)
- Axis value labels
- Discrete axis
- Axis reordering
side bearings
shift click