Fontmatrix Changelog

What's new in Fontmatrix 0.6.0

Aug 14, 2009
  • Compared to 0.4.2, almost everything is new. From the storage backend to the preview engine, all has been reworked to offer a better user experience and prepare exciting future developments. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of changes:
  • SQLite database and a Python script to move data from old XML based DB
  • Python scripting
  • Independent samples directory (allowing easy sharing of this resource)
  • Configurable shortcuts
  • A text layout engine to display samples (including hyphenation)
  • ICU, Harfbuzz and Fontmatrix's own shaper engines
  • A playful playground
  • PANOSE browser (experimental)
  • New help system and user manual written from scratch
  • Glyphs comparision panel
  • Boolean operators in search filters
  • File system browser for fonts
  • Themable informations panel (CSS and JavaScript)
  • Extract embedded fonts from PDF documents (experimental)
  • Find font from an bitmap image (experimental)
  • Expose, and possibly export, TrueType tables
  • Edit tags