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FontLab version 6.0.2.6578»

6 January 2018

As a special gift for the New Year, we extended the trial period for this build by ten days. Enjoy!

Crosshair cursor»

Crosshair cursor (FontLab Studio 5 style) is available as an option while using Contour, Pen and Rapid tools. It can be turned on in Preferences > Editing > Show cross.

Enhancements»

  • “Open Glyph Panel” command added to contextual menu in Font Window and Glyph Window.
  • Copying a selection of glyphs in the Font window gives a list of glyph names on the clipboard (for pasting into other apps)
  • In the dialog that appears when closing an unsaved font, the option “Don’t Save” can be triggered by the keyboard shortcut Command-Delete (Mac-only).
  • The New Layer dialog sets and maintains focus in name field.
  • Encoding menu of Font Windows remains open while handling groups of encodings.
  • Enter key triggers the OK button in more dialogs (excepting the most complex ones).
  • Placeholder characters are shown in Font Window after new blank glyphs are created.

Bug fixes»

Fixes in the 6.0.2 release include the following issues:

  • Some hints/links are lost when opening a MM font in VFB format.
  • FontLab sets itself as the default application for OTF and TTF files.
  • Brush tool is not using a high resolution cursor.
  • Arrow keys cannot move the contour while Free Transform is being used.
  • Actions do not work for the artwork on the Sketchboard.
  • Under certain conditions, a pasted contour is scaled up and flipped vertically.
  • Paste Special for metrics doesn’t change glyph status to edited.
  • Assigning OT class in Glyph panel only works on one at a time.
  • Cannot apply custom encoding not belonging to any group.
  • Cannot add glyphs to classes using the Classes panel.
  • Python scripting: .index attribute in CurrentGlyph().index of fgGlyph().index causes a crash.
  • Color transparency has no effect in Preview window.
  • Horizontal scrollbar does not work properly in Glyph Window.
  • Incorrect curve tension is applied in exported TTF fonts.
  • Generate Glyphs does not create non-standard ligatures.
  • Non-ASCII characters in the path prevent variable font to be exported.
  • Hebrew and Arabic placeholder characters are missing in Font Window.
  • Script chosen in the Preview panel is not remembered.
  • Glyphs named Tcedilla, tcedilla, Tcommaaccent and tcommaaccent are not handled correctly.
  • Element > Separate Contours to Elements disables Undo.
  • Tooltip for text size in Window bar uses a different format than default tooltips.

Windows-specific fixes:

  • Bezier handles are reset when using arrow keys.
  • Open kerning window with several glyphs causes a crash.
  • Profile dialog always shows information from the first one.
  • Custom profiles are not properly saved among sessions.