All notable changes to xTools4 are documented in this file.

0.1.9

• Added Adding new tool GlyphMeme to quickly open all parametric sources of a single glyph for editing.

0.1.8

• Changed Making measurement and validation tools work with temporary fonts.

0.1.7

• Changed Improving TempEdit temp font setup.

0.1.6

• Added Adding italic angle and offset correction to the Measurements tool.
• Added Adding option to toggle between font units and permill values when visualizing measurements.
• Changed Rewriting GlyphValidator filters to improve performance.

0.1.5

• Added Adding validation colors to the font info and kerning tabs in VarFontAssistant.
• Added Adding validation colors to the attributes tab in VarGlyphAssistant
• Changed Moving old versions of variable tools to submenu.
• Deprecated Retiring GlyphGauge, use the Measurements tool instead.
• Removed Temporarily removing the points tab in VarGlyphAssistant (not working yet).

0.1.4

• Fixed Fixing bugs in the Measurements tool (disappearing measurements, creating new measurements file).
• Fixed Fixing false positives in glyph validation group (equal components with different width).
• Fixed Fixing bug in glyph construction builder (deleted non-construction glyphs).
• Fixed Fixing script to center glyphs.
• Changed Measurements tool loads glyph measurements in the order of font measurements.

0.1.3

• Fixed Fixing bugs in the logic to assign glyphs to validation groups (empty glyphs, equal contours with different width).
• Fixed Fixing overwrite mode in batch build duplicate glyphs.
• Fixed Fixing bug with empty glyph selection in Measurements tool.

0.1.2

• Fixed Fixing bug in the Measurements tool which caused glyph-level measurements to disappear when changing layers.
• Changed Adding support for avar2 designspaces to TempEdit.

0.1.1

• Added Adding new module MeasurementsViewer, adding PDF export to the Measurements tool.

0.1.0

Initial internal release.

• Merging hTools3 and VariableValues into a single open-source project.
• All tools work, or almost all. Some have been upgraded to RF4, a few new ones were added.
• The plan is to continue upgrading existing tools, and to continuously improve the toolkit based on user freedback.
• Documentation covering all tools is available online, including labels to indicate the status of each tool.
• A .mechanic file for easy installation and update with RoboFont Mechanic is included.

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Semantic versioning

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning:

MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH

MAJOR	incompatible API changes
MINOR	new functionality in a backwards compatible manner
PATCH	backwards compatible bug fixes

Types of changes

• Added new features
• Changed changes in existing functionality
• Deprecated soon-to-be removed features
• Removed removed features
• Fixed bug fixes
• Security fixes for vulnerabilities