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+2013-12-15: Release 6.3.20131215
+
+ This version introduces unihex2png and unipng2hex, two Perl scripts
+ that Andrew Miller wrote based upon Paul Hardy's unihex2bmp.c and
+ unibmp2hex.c programs. These new scripts allow conversion between
+ the Unifont .hex format and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files
+ for graphical editing. With this addition, more graphics programs
+ can be used to edit Unifont glyphs.
+
+ unihex2png and unipng2hex also support glyphs that are 24 or 32
+ pixels tall, in addition to Unifont's default 16 pixels tall.
+ Roman Czyborra's hexdraw and hex2bdf Perl scripts were modified
+ to also support glyphs that are 16, 24, or 32 pixels tall. These
+ changes have not been fully tested, and at this point are considered
+ experimental.
+
+ There are no plans to add this multi-height support to unihex2bmp.c
+ and unibmp2hex.c.
+
+ The package now contains a "doc/" directory, with documentation
+ in Texinfo format. Files in the "man/" directory were updated
+ for consistency, especially in noting that all programs are
+ covered under GPLv2+ now.
+
+ In addition to "unifont-*.*" font files, this package now also creates
+ "unifont_sample-*.*" files. These "Unifont Sample" fonts contain
+ combining circles, and four-digit hexadecimal glyphs for unassigned
+ code points and Private Use Area glyphs. Because of the inclusion
+ of combining cirlces, "Unifont Sample" font versions are only intended
+ for illustrating individual glyphs, not for general-purpose writing.
+ The two generated fonts are unifont_sample-*.bdf and unifont_sample-*.ttf.
+ The TTF file contains SBIT glyphs, not outlined TrueType glyphs like
+ "unifont-*.ttf".
+
+ The font versions (BDF, PCF, and TTF) now contain copyright and
+ version information. This will help identify outdated versions
+ of a font in the future. hex2bdf now accepts a version string and
+ a copyright string as command line arguments.
+
+ To simplify this package supporting two versions of Unifont
+ ("Unifont" and "Unifont Sample"), hex2bdf now accepts a font name
+ as a command line argument. This will streamline adding additional
+ fonts in the future as part of this same package. Note that the
+ old XLFD font name "unifont" has now been capitalized to "Unifont".
+
+ Many XLFD properties have been added to the BDF version of Unifont
+ in addition to font version and copyright XLFD properties. At least
+ some of these are carried over to the PCF version during conversion
+ with bdftopcf. This has solved an issue with grub-mkfont and FreeType
+ for converting the PCF font into a GRUB version.
+
+ Some glyphs were redrawn: the Capricorn sign, several CJK Radicals
+ Supplement ideographs, and several Armenian letters. The Armenian
+ letters were modified with the new unihex2png and unipng2hex programs.
+
+ Further details are in the ChangeLog file.
+
+2013-10-20: Release 6.3.20131020
+
+ This is the first release as part of the GNU Project.
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