1 2013-12-21: Release 6.3.2013121
3 The default font name that hex2bdf creates has changed from
4 lower-case "unifont" to "Unifont".
6 FontForge's SetFontNames function calls were removed because
7 not all applications correctly interpreted their settings.
8 For example, LibreOffice only listed Unifont by the foundry
9 name ("GNU") rather than foundry + font name ("GNU Unifont")
10 or just the font name. Those calls are only commented out
11 so they could easily be re-introduced.
13 Some glyphs were changed for better appearance with APL.
15 2013-12-17: Release 6.3.20131217
17 This fixes three bugs:
19 * doc/Makefile: removed redirection of texi2pdf output.
20 * font/Makefile: don't modify PCF fonts with FontForge,
21 which alters them so grub-mkfont can't read them.
22 * font/ttfsrc/Makefile: remove *.bdf so unifont_sample.bdf
25 Also includes a few formatting changes; see ChangeLog.
27 2013-12-15: Release 6.3.20131215
29 This version introduces unihex2png and unipng2hex, two Perl scripts
30 that Andrew Miller wrote based upon Paul Hardy's unihex2bmp.c and
31 unibmp2hex.c programs. These new scripts allow conversion between
32 the Unifont .hex format and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files
33 for graphical editing. With this addition, more graphics programs
34 can be used to edit Unifont glyphs.
36 unihex2png and unipng2hex also support glyphs that are 24 or 32
37 pixels tall, in addition to Unifont's default 16 pixels tall.
38 Roman Czyborra's hexdraw and hex2bdf Perl scripts were modified
39 to also support glyphs that are 16, 24, or 32 pixels tall. These
40 changes have not been fully tested, and at this point are considered
43 There are no plans to add this multi-height support to unihex2bmp.c
46 The package now contains a "doc/" directory, with documentation
47 in Texinfo format. Files in the "man/" directory were updated
48 for consistency, especially in noting that all programs are
49 covered under GPLv2+ now.
51 In addition to "unifont-*.*" font files, this package now also creates
52 "unifont_sample-*.*" files. These "Unifont Sample" fonts contain
53 combining circles, and four-digit hexadecimal glyphs for unassigned
54 code points and Private Use Area glyphs. Because of the inclusion
55 of combining cirlces, "Unifont Sample" font versions are only intended
56 for illustrating individual glyphs, not for general-purpose writing.
57 The two generated fonts are unifont_sample-*.bdf and unifont_sample-*.ttf.
58 The TTF file contains SBIT glyphs, not outlined TrueType glyphs like
61 The font versions (BDF, PCF, and TTF) now contain copyright and
62 version information. This will help identify outdated versions
63 of a font in the future. hex2bdf now accepts a version string and
64 a copyright string as command line arguments.
66 To simplify this package supporting two versions of Unifont
67 ("Unifont" and "Unifont Sample"), hex2bdf now accepts a font name
68 as a command line argument. This will streamline adding additional
69 fonts in the future as part of this same package. Note that the
70 old XLFD font name "unifont" has now been capitalized to "Unifont".
72 Many XLFD properties have been added to the BDF version of Unifont
73 in addition to font version and copyright XLFD properties. At least
74 some of these are carried over to the PCF version during conversion
75 with bdftopcf. This has solved an issue with grub-mkfont and FreeType
76 for converting the PCF font into a GRUB version.
78 Some glyphs were redrawn: the Capricorn sign, several CJK Radicals
79 Supplement ideographs, and several Armenian letters. The Armenian
80 letters were modified with the new unihex2png and unipng2hex programs.
82 Further details are in the ChangeLog file.
84 2013-10-20: Release 6.3.20131020
86 This is the first release as part of the GNU Project.