[ft-announce] FreeType 2.5.1 has been released.

[Werner LEMBERG]

FreeType 2.5.1 has been released.

It is available from

    http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/freetype/

or

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/

The latter site also holds older versions of the FreeType library.

See below for the relevant snippet from the CHANGES file; all users
should upgrade.

Enjoy!


   Werner


PS: Downloads from savannah.nongnu.org will redirect to your nearest
    mirror site.  Files on mirrors may be subject to a replication
    delay of up to 24 hours.  In case of problems use
    http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/


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FreeType 2  is a software  font engine that  is designed to  be small,
efficient,  highly   customizable,  and  portable   while  capable  of
producing high-quality output (glyph images) of most vector and bitmap
font formats.

Note that  FreeType 2 is  a font service  and doesn't provide  APIs to
perform higher-level features, like text layout or graphics processing
(e.g.,  colored  text  rendering,  `hollowing',  etc.).   However,  it
greatly simplifies these tasks by providing a simple, easy to use, and
uniform interface to access the content of font files.

FreeType  2  is  released  under  two open-source  licenses:  our  own
BSD-like FreeType  License and the  GPL.  It can  thus be used  by any
kind of projects, be they proprietary or not.


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CHANGES BETWEEN 2.5 and 2.5.1

  I. IMPORTANT BUG FIXES

    - For  some WinFNT  files,  the last  glyph  wasn't displayed  but
      incorrectly marked as invalid.

    - The vertical size of glyphs was  incorrectly set after a call to
      `FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden', resulting in clipped glyphs.

    - Many fields of the `PCLT' table in SFNT based fonts (if accessed
      with `FT_Get_Sfnt_Table') were computed incorrectly.

    - In TrueType fonts,  hinting of composite glyphs  could sometimes
      deliver  incorrect positions  of  components or  even  distorted
      shapes.


  II. IMPORTANT CHANGES

    - WOFF font format support has been added.

    - The auto-hinter now supports Hebrew.  Greek and Cyrillic support
      has been improved.

    - Support for the forthcoming `OS/2'  SFNT table version 5, as can
      be found e.g. in the `Sitka' font family for Windows 8.1.

    - The header  file layout  has been changed.   After installation,
      all files are now located in `<prefix>/include/freetype2'.

      Applications  that  use   (a)  `freetype-config'  or  FreeType's
      `pkg-config' file to get the include directory for the compiler,
      and (b) the documented way for header inclusion like

        #include <ft2build.h>
        #include FT_FREETYPE_H
        ...

      don't need any change to the source code.


  III. MISCELLANEOUS

    - The stem  darkening feature  of the  new CFF  engine can  now be
      fine-tuned with the new `darkening-parameters' property.

    - `ftgrid' has been updated to toggle various engines with the `H'
      key, similar to `ftview' and `ftdiff'.

    - The functionality of `ttdebug' has been greatly enhanced.

      . It now displays twilight, storage, and control value data; key
        `T' shows the twilight point  table, key `S' the storage data,
        and key `C' the control value table.

      . Some  keys  have  been  reassigned  from  lowercase  to  their
        uppercase equivalents; for example `q'  to quit the program is
        now `Q'.

      . Key `f' finishes the current function.

      . Key `R' restarts the debugger.

      . Keys `b' and `p' set a breakpoint.

      . Key `B' provides a function call backtrace.

    - Better support of ARMv7 and x86_64 processors.

    - Apple's `sbix' color bitmap format is now supported.

    - Improved   auto-hinter  rendering   for  many   TrueType  fonts,
      especially in the range 20-40ppem.

    - A  new face  flag  `FT_FACE_FLAG_COLOR' has  been  added (to  be
      accessed with the macro `FT_HAS_COLOR').

    - `FT_Gzip_Uncompress'   (modeled    after   zlib's   `uncompress'
      function)  has been  added; this  is a  by-product of  the newly
      added WOFF support.

    - Support for  a build with  `cmake' has been contributed  by John
      Cary <address@hidden>.

    - Support for x64  builds with Visual C++ has  been contributed by
      Kenneth Miller <address@hidden>

    - Manual pages for most demo programs have been added.

    - The GETINFO bytecode instruction for TrueType fonts was buggy if
      used to retrieve subpixel hinting information.  It was necessary
      to set  selector bit 6  to get  results for selector  bits 7-10,
      which is wrong.

    - Improved computation  of emulated vertical metrics  for TrueType
      fonts.

    - Fixed horizontal start-up position of vertical phantom points in
      TrueType bytecode.