FontCreator (32-bit)

What's new in this version:

FontCreator 15.0.0.3011 (32-bit)
Improved:
- localization
- generation of OpenType layout features

Fixed:
- Palette panel display issue
- issue with opening specific color fonts
- issue with exporting Unicode Variation Sequences to UFO source file


FontCreator 15.0.0.3009 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 15.0.0.3008 (32-bit)
- Unless noted otherwise, all updates are both Windows and Mac
- Full support of the upcoming official Additions for Variable Values. Due to this, FontCreator no longer supports the unofficial Variable FEA Syntax, except for the Feature Variations part as this official Adobe fea syntax is not available to the public yet.
- Added support for loading CFF2 based fonts


FontCreator 15.0.0.3006 (32-bit)
- Updated releases for both Windows and Mac
- Introduced additional user interface languages in the Windows version
- Implemented several minor enhancements


FontCreator 15.0.0.3004 (32-bit)
- Updated releases for both Windows and Mac
- Introduced additional user interface languages in the Windows version
- Implemented several minor enhancements


FontCreator 15.0.0.3003 (32-bit)
- Updated Mac release
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2999 (32-bit)
- Several improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2993 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 15.0.0.2992 (32-bit)
- Faster font export
- Fixed a possible freeze while saving a font project


FontCreator 15.0.0.2991 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 15.0.0.2989 (32-bit)
- Fixed bug that removed kern positioning after compiling fea code


FontCreator 15.0.0.2987 (32-bit)
- Introduced splashscreen on starting FontCreator
- Improved way of opening font files
- Improved join contours (union, intersection, exclusion) feature
- Improved detection of contours with incorrect direction
- Improved shaping engine
- Improved export to UFO
- Tweaks in the user manual


FontCreator 15.0.0.2974 (32-bit)
- Fixed normalization issue within shaping engine
- Improved Thin transform feature
- Several user interface updating issues


FontCreator 15.0.0.2970 (32-bit)
New:
- New Round transform feature

Improved:
- Bold transform feature
- speed while editing large fonts
- calculation of contour direction
- Find dialog
- Updated vendor information

Fixed:
- Override Ranges transform features
- issue with exporting CFF (PostScript) fonts
- issue with adding a master
- multiple substitution issue
- issue with losing glyph names on exporting a large font
- clipboard issue
- missing scrollbar in Class Manager dialog
- several user interface glitches
- overrule/add codepoints with Paste Special
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2955 (32-bit)
- Fixed crash on closing glyph panel
- Improved Bold and Thin features in Transform wizard
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2952 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with loosing hinting on exporting fonts
- Improved join and split contours in point mode
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2951 (32-bit)
- Improved auto composite data behaviour
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2950 (32-bit)
- Fixed composite data loading issue
- Added align actions to context menu in glyph panel
- Improved shaping engine
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2949 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with exporting Italic fonts


FontCreator 15.0.0.2948 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 15.0.0.2945 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with exporting specific control characters
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2943 (32-bit)
- Fixed minor flaw in optimize contours feature
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2942 (32-bit)
Improved:
- Improved join contours (union, intersection, exclusion) feature
- Improved knife (cut through contours) feature


FontCreator 15.0.0.2941 (32-bit)
Improved:
- .glyph import
- copy and paste of raster-based images
- optimize contour feature
- generation of glyph names for release
- opening variable fonts
- export of Chinese fonts

- Fixed Hollow transformation feature
- Fixed failing to start FontCreator with system language region format set to Arabic
- Numerous minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2936 (32-bit)
- Improved shaping engine; better bidirectional text preview
- Improved Transform panel; supporting operations on selected points
- Added support for Unicode 15.1
- Minor performance increase


FontCreator 15.0.0.2934 (32-bit)
- Added Lock aspect ratio to Transform panel as well as support for expressions in X and Y position
- Fixed single stroke preview issue
- Fixed rare undo bug related to outline editing


FontCreator 15.0.0.2931 (32-bit)
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2929 (32-bit)
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 15.0.0.2927 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare issue concerning glyphs without layers


FontCreator 15.0.0.2926 (32-bit)
- Elements -> supports outlines with both components and contours, so called hybrid outlines
- Redesigned Transform panel
- Support for the GlyphsApp .glyphs file format
- Order axes
- Made optional mark attachment class for lookups obsolete (instead use a mark filtering set)
- Cancel changes in edit field (ESC key)
- Fixed remove overlap issue
- New transform feature to round xy coordinates
- Increased stability and some speed gains
- Several other bug fixes and improvements

Improved:
- Improved shaping engine
- Improved detection and fixing of interpolation issues
- Improved auto attach
- Improved optimize contour feature
- Improved join (union, intersection, exclusion, and also cut/knife) contours feature; including support for cubic curves
- Improved support for UFO and DesignSpaces
- Improved subsetting variable fonts


FontCreator 14.0.0.2900 (32-bit)
- Improved the validation features
- Improved curve selection
- Improved union, intersection, and exclusion of contours
- Added groups and kerning to the UFO export
- Anchors are now merged when compiling feature code
- Fixed issue with joining and splitting contours
- New line height option in Web Font test page


FontCreator 14.0.0.2899 (32-bit)
Fixed:
- optical metrics issue
- join contours issue


FontCreator 14.0.0.2898 (32-bit)
Fixed:
- an export issue related to .notdef
- undo issue releated to font validation wizard
- Improved incorrect contour direction algorithm


FontCreator 14.0.0.2897 (32-bit)
- Fixed an OpenType layout feature related export issue
- Improved algorithm for determining contour directions


FontCreator 14.0.0.2896 (32-bit)
- Fixed export issue


FontCreator 14.0.0.2895 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare undo issue
- Dropped restrictions related to trial period and home edition


FontCreator 14.0.0.2892 (32-bit)
- Fixed variable font interpolation issue
- Several minor improvements and bug fixes
- Updated Help and Manual


FontCreator 14.0.0.2888 (32-bit)
- Several minor improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2886 (32-bit)
- Improved smart point deletion
- Several minor improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2883 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with undo after adding glyphs


FontCreator 14.0.0.2882 (32-bit)
- Improved OpenType layout features after deleting glyphs
- Fixed issue with subsetting variable fonts


FontCreator 14.0.0.2881 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with exporting instances of a variable font


FontCreator 14.0.0.2880 (32-bit)
- New exporting subsets of variable fonts
- Support for DesignSpace version 5.0 (subsets including extrapolation and discrete axes)
- Support for UFO Meta
- Support for UFO Unicode Variation Sequences
- Fixed processing axis variations table
- Improvements to the OpenType Designer
- Ceased hinting support for legacy Symbol fonts
- Ceased support for exporting legacy kern table; use GPOS pair positioning
- Added option to flatten components on export
- Fixed stability issue
- Numerous other improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2877 (32-bit)
- Fixed import SVG bug
- Easy selection of contours with one or two points


FontCreator 14.0.0.2876 (32-bit)
- Easy selection of contours with one or two points


FontCreator 14.0.0.2875 (32-bit)
- Double stroke now always double
- Improved exporting fonts
- Several other improvements


FontCreator 14.0.0.2874 (32-bit)
- Improved cutting through contours
- Improved exporting variable fonts
- Several other improvements


FontCreator 14.0.0.2872 (32-bit)
- Fixed minor flaw while selecting different master


FontCreator 14.0.0.2871 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue related to exporting ligatures


FontCreator 14.0.0.2870 (32-bit)
- Improved export of OpenType layout features
- Improved detection of interpolation issues
- Several other improvements


FontCreator 14.0.0.2862 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare issue related to processing corrupt fonts
- Fixed generating single line color SVG fonts related to cubic beziers
- Added fea compiler support for unicode code-points as glyph names, e.g. uni12AB and u12345


FontCreator 14.0.0.2860 (32-bit)
- Fixed bug related to editing variable fonts
- Improved import of SVG files
- Improved smart point removal (select points and press Backspace)
- New ability to add glyphs to multiple composite glyphs at once
- Numerous other improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2856 (32-bit)
- Fixed a rare export issue which only affected variable fonts
- Improved the way floating points are shown
- Several improvements to the web font test page
- Moved instant validation of incompatilbe layers to Validation wizard
- Numerous other improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2853 (32-bit)
- New option to optimize storage of OpenType layout features on export
- Fixed an export issue related to italic style
- Improved Italic transformation feature
- Fixed an export instances issue
- Improved import of SVG files
- Fixed pasting side-bearings
- Several improvements in the OpenType Designer
- Improvements to the shaping engine
- Copy an interpolated glyph outline
- On the Master tab you can type x / y and then press Enter. It will use that as run/rise for italic angle and caret slope!
- Support for base() for lsb and rsb on opening fonts and when using anchor based complete composites
- Numerous other improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2850 (32-bit)
- New option to optimize storage of OpenType layout features on export
- Fixed an export instances issue
- Improved import of SVG files
- Fixed pasting side-bearings
- Several improvements in the OpenType Designer
- Improvements to the shaping engine
- Copy an interpolated glyph outline
- On the Master tab you can type x / y (run/rise) for italic angle and caret slope
- Support for base() for lsb and rsb on opening fonts and when using anchor based complete composites
- Numerous other improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2843 (32-bit)
- Several improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2840 (32-bit)
Fixed:
- issue with Italic font style
- several issues related to undo and redo
- an Auto Attach issue
- Insert Glyphs issue


FontCreator 14.0.0.2837 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 14.0.0.2836 (32-bit)
- Fixed import VOLT issue


FontCreator 14.0.0.2834 (32-bit)
- Fixed avar axis mapping issue
- Improved Web font export
- Added anchors and suffixes categories
- Added new master from current location
- New side-bearings function base() to be used with precomposed characters (composites)
- Several other improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2830 (32-bit)
- Fixed avar axis mapping issue
- Improved Web font export
- Added anchors and suffixes categories


FontCreator 14.0.0.2828 (32-bit)
Fixed:
- complete composites
- an expression issue related to rsb
- issue with insert contour feature with open contours
- import VOLT issue
- Add outline layer issue related to Cursive attachment
- setting WWS bit in Font selection flags
- rare issue related to corrupt exported font
- codepoint issue within Insert Glyphs
- axis mappings issue

- Added support for Unicode 14
- Updated OpenType layout tags
- Comes with ttfautohint version 1.8.4
- Improved Web font export
- Added edit in class manager option for mark and contextual lookups
- Several minor changes and improvements


FontCreator 14.0.0.2814 (32-bit)
- Re-implemented calculation for metrics for horizontal writing mode
- Improved name generation on exporting a font
- Fixed background image color issue in Dark Theme
- Fixed issue with storing color members in font projects
- Fixed a Search glyphs by name bug
- Several minor changes and improvements


FontCreator 14.0.0.2808 (32-bit)
- New Apply Everywhere (transparent outline fill)
- Edit Across Layers (delete glyph members, contours, points will keep layers compatible)
- Improved snap to grid functionality
- Fixed rare issue with mark-to-ligature
- Improved exporting instances
- Several improvements to the shaping engine
- Improved support for fea feature syntax
- Fixed issue with existing hinting
- Interpolation improvements
- Improved export
- Fixed a side-bearing issue
- Performance improvements
- Numerous other enhancements and bug fixes


FontCreator 14.0.0.2794 (32-bit)
- Fixed load and save project issue


FontCreator 14.0.0.2793 (32-bit)
Fixed:
- import svg issue
- intersection and exclusion issue
- theme background color issue on Find panel


FontCreator 14.0.0.2792 (32-bit)
- Fixed export issue (CFF format reverted to TFF)
- Fixed minor shaping engine issue


FontCreator 14.0.0.2791 (32-bit)
Fixed:
- shaping engine issue that caused incorrect positioning
- import svg issue
- issue with opening outdated font projects

- Correct Windows edition in about box


FontCreator 14.0.0.2789 (32-bit)
New:
- variable font support
- dockable panels
- masks
- anchor cloud

Improved:
- auto attach
- shaping engine
- interactive proofing of OpenType layout features
- AFDKO fea syntax support, including variable font support
- import and export of Unified Font Object (UFO) based fonts
- import of vector-based images
- high DPI support
- font data compression on export

- Updated vendor information
- Numerous enhancements and improvements
- Support for design spaces


FontCreator 13.0.0.2683 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 13.0.0.2681 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare mark filtering sets issue
- Added support for mark filtering sets to VOLT import and export


FontCreator 13.0.0.2680 (32-bit)
- New duplicate class
- New open substituation lookup from contextual lookups in code editor
- Several minor improvements and bug fixes


FontCreator 13.0.0.2678 (32-bit)
- Load and save color palettes


FontCreator 13.0.0.2675 (32-bit)
- Optional slanted grid for italic fonts
- Improved paste contours into glyph overview window
- Improved OpenType Explorer
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 13.0.0.2672 (32-bit)
- Improved Shaping Engine
- New: Edit and export OpenType layout features in VOLT syntax
- Added resize option to preview area in html test
- Updated vendor information
- New toggle (z) in Glyph Edit window
- Added tag color to tabs


FontCreator 13.0.0.2670 (32-bit)
- Use SHIFT-H in Glyph Edit window to only show glyph outline
- In Glyph Edit window press ";" to set default bearings


FontCreator 13.0.0.2669 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 13.0.0.2668 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare anchor issue
- Improved validation of codepoint ranges
- Fixed minor auto-attach glitch (afterwards all glyphs where inadvertently selected)


FontCreator 13.0.0.2663 (32-bit)
- Added PairPosFormat1 option
- Improved resizing of contours
- New resizing selection of points
- Added No Tag category


FontCreator 13.0.0.2656 (32-bit)
- Added VOLT import support for ligature carets
- Fixed import VOLT issue
- Improved unused glyphs algortihm
- OpenType Explorer supports both glyphs and glyph classes


FontCreator 13.0.0.2655 (32-bit)
- Export font as UFO
- Better parser validation for class based kerning
- New OpenType Explorer


FontCreator 13.0.0.2648 (32-bit)
- Improved Open Installed Fonts dialog
- Fixed cut and paste glyphs bug
- Improved AutoMetrics Preview of figures (digits)
- Search box above single and pair pos also supports a single character
- Glyph name completion in Insert Glyphs window
- Glyph name completion in feature code editor
- Added sample text validation
- Added glyph hint to Select Class Members dialog


FontCreator 13.0.0.2645 (32-bit)
- Improved empty pair positioning compiler check


FontCreator 13.0.0.2644 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare mark filtering set bug
- New: drag and drop support for lookups in OpenType Designer


FontCreator 13.0.0.2643 (32-bit)
- Several AFDKO FEA feature improvements
- Added on export exclude legacy cmap option
- New context menu item to duplicate a lookup


FontCreator 13.0.0.2642 (32-bit)
- Minor improvements to decompiling AFDKO FEA feature definitions


FontCreator 13.0.0.2640 (32-bit)
- New: Sort glyphs by glyph names from UFO lib.plist file
- Improved .fea syntax support
- GDEF ligature carets


FontCreator 13.0.0.2637 (32-bit)
- New: Sort glyphs by glyph names from file
- Support for editing individual lookup with fea syntax


FontCreator 13.0.0.2636 (32-bit)
New:
- open Unified Font Object fonts
- OpenType feature script editor now also support AFDKO fea syntax


FontCreator 13.0.0.2630 (32-bit)
- Fixed rare export bug
- Several minor improvements


FontCreator 13.0.0.2627 (32-bit)
- Minor proofing improvements
- Improved shaping engine
- Improved Web Font Test page


FontCreator 13.0.0.2620 (32-bit)
- Further improved Auto Attach
- Several anchor related improvements
- Minor proofing improvements
- Fixed a cursive attachment issue
- Fixed issues with Reverse Chaining Contextual Single Substitution Subtable
- New: Copy and paste composites in same font


FontCreator 13.0.0.2613 (32-bit)
- Improved Insert Glyphs by Name
- Improved Auto Attach
- Proofing improvements
- Fixed an issue with Check for Updates


FontCreator 13.0.0.2612 (32-bit)
- Improved Insert Glyphs by Name
- Improved Auto Attach
- Proofing improvements


FontCreator 13.0.0.2610 (32-bit)
- Interactive proofing of OpenType layout features
- Support for OpenType SVG color fonts
- Improved Color Export options
- Enhanced Anchor Manager
- Fixed issues with anchors
- Improved Auto Attach
- New range is now optional in Insert Glyphs dialog
- Improved Shaping Engine
- Improved high DPI support
- Added preferred outline format to Options dialog -> Exchange tab
- Numerous enhancements and improvements


FontCreator 12.0.0.2566 (32-bit)
- OpenType layout improvements
- Unicode 13.0 support


FontCreator 12.0.0.2565 (32-bit)
- Improved layout engine
- Supporting Anchor NULL
- Improvements to the Web Font test page
- Some bug fixes


FontCreator 12.0.0.2563 (32-bit)
- Fixed link to user manual in Welcome dialog
- Reduced error reporting in case the font editor raises an exception or crashes


FontCreator 12.0.0.2561 (32-bit)
- Reduced error reporting in case the font editor raises an exception or crashes


FontCreator 12.0.0.2560 (32-bit)
- Fixed color font export issue
- Improved font preview for complex scripts
- Improved high DPI support
- Some tweaks and improvements


FontCreator 12.0.0.2555 (32-bit)
- Fixed CFF based font export failure


FontCreator 12.0.0.2554 (32-bit)
- Fixed font export issue
- Improved high DPI support
- Improved check for updates


FontCreator 12.0.0.2552 (32-bit)
- Improved WOFF2 export


FontCreator 12.0.0.2550 (32-bit)
- Fixed trial outdated issue
- Some minor improvements


FontCreator 12.0.0.2547 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with PDF import
- Fixed issue with drawing outlines (TCanvasD2D)
- Improved font templates


FontCreator 12.0.0.2546 (32-bit)
- Fixed issue with 30-day trial period


FontCreator 12.0.0.2545 (32-bit)
- Change log not available for this version


FontCreator 12.0.0.2543 (32-bit)
- The 30-day trial period allows you to use all features, but generated fonts will contain watermarks
- Compile OpenType layout feature code will now merge anchors
- Within the glyph edit window, hold down the Alt key and click one of the “comparison glyphs” to make it the current glyph
- Fixed a bug that failed to correctly export symbol fonts
- Updated CompositeData.xml
- Updated Unmapped Subscripts for Fractions.xml
- Updates to help and manual
- Some bug fixes and improvements


FontCreator 12.0.0.2539 (32-bit)
- Updated the way Vertical Line Spacing values are calculated
- Some performance improvements
- Updates to help and manual


FontCreator 12.0.0.2535 (32-bit)
- Added option to enter glyphs by code-point in preview text: /$40 or /64
- Updated Glyph Properties tool window
- Expressions for glyph metrics (left side-bearing, right side-bearing, and advance width)
- Included new transform script for Auto-attach
- Some bug fixes and improvements


FontCreator 12.0.0.2525 (32-bit)
- Unicode 12.1 support
- Enhanced font overview categories panel (added Scripts)
- Fixed rare issue with formulas
- Updated CompositeData.xml


FontCreator 12.0.0.2522 (32-bit)
- OpenType Designer remembers last Script and Language settings
- Fixed issue with storing preview text


FontCreator 12.0.0.2521 (32-bit)
- Anchor based composites
- Extended generation of OpenType layout features (frac, liga, mark, mkmk, init, medi, fina, curs, salt, ssxx, cvxx, and many more)
- Custom and generic localized forms
- Improved generation of friendly glyph names
- New glyph sort (design mode)
- Unicode 12 support
- Comes with ttfautohint version 1.8.3
- Improved complete composites
- Full undo and redo support
- Enhancements to transform scripts
- Option to exclude glyphs on export
- Support for delete in multiple substitutions
- Support for glyph ranges in glyph transformer
- Extended Insert Glyphs dialog
- Smart glyph switching in Glyph Edit window
- Improved OpenType Designer
- Improved window tab bar
- Extended Reopen menu
- New insert glyphs by name
- New Option: Decompose composite glyphs with scaled components (Recommended)
- Snap to guidelines and grid on resizing a glyph orthogonally
- Snap to guidelines and grid for anchor movement
- Improved glyph names for release (on exporting a font)
- New: sort glyphs in class in class manager
- Updated font templates for new fonts
- _shaper now supports (basic) normalization
- Preview support for comparing same text with different features enabled
- View unknown tables
- Updated vendor information
- Insert Glyphs supports generation of composite from glyph name formula: ffi=f+f+i
- Auto Attach repositions glyph members based on anchors
- Several bug fixes
- Numerous enhancements and improvements


FontCreator 11.5.0.2430 (32-bit)
- Fixed SVG import issue
- Fixed WOFF 1 export issue
- Fixed class0 in preview
- Added a generate button to smoothing
- Improvements to the user manual
- Several user interface improvements


FontCreator 11.5.0.2427 (32-bit)
- Support for WOFF 2.0
- Fixed issue with exporting CFF based WOFF files
- Several user interface improvements


FontCreator 11.5.0.2422 (32-bit)
- Several user interface improvements


FontCreator 11.5.0.2421 (32-bit)
- Support for Unicode variation sequences
- Comes with ttfautohint version 1.8.1
- Open contours while designing fonts
- Export as single line font (Open contours are not allowed in fonts, so FontCreator will do some magic to make fonts look like single line fonts which can be used for engraving)
- Support for last resort fonts