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2001-3-20 Roberto Alameda <jroberto@linuxfan.com>
Released version 0.5.0
GNOME support
Bug fix for glyphs with no width
Some code reordering
Add new encodings in Type1 fonts
License in the TT font properties is now in a scrolled window
Font table for TT fonts is no longer a notebook. Better resource
utilisation: only one pixmap for each font map. Important for
X-Terminals and big Unicode fonts
Add character map information to TrueType properties
Show baselines (in x) and origin (in y) for better showing of
glyph positioning in the fontmap
Drag&drop support (drop a directory from a file manager to the directory entry).
Works with GNOME and KDE2.
2000-6-25 Roberto Alameda <roberto@myokay.net>
Released version 0.4.1
Correct bug triggered by new fontsets in GTK+-1.2.8
Supports subsetting of fonts (only those glyphs actually
used are downloaded when printing a font). By now only TrueType fonts.
Print font catalogs
TrueType properties show creation and modification date
2000-5-10 Roberto Alameda <roberto@myokay.net>
Released version 0.4.0
Project site is now SourceForge
Supports multiple selection in the font list; the semantics
of the operations have been accordingly changed
Support for russian language
2000-3-18 Roberto Alameda <roberto@myokay.net>
Released version 0.3.4
Correct error checking when writing files
Support for french language
Print dialog shows a list of installed printers
Modify sort ordering in main font list
(order after family name, then after font name)
Add encoding iso-8859-2 to Type1 map window
New code for printing character maps: fits on one page
if number of glyphs < 256
PostScript code produced when printing is now DSC compliant:
you can use utilities like psnup on it now
2000-1-23 Roberto Alameda <roberto@myokay.net>
Released version 0.3.3
Support for internationalisation. Currently provides spanish
and german (more translations welcome!)
Adds OpenType information to the TrueType properties
It can save a TrueType font as Type42 PS-Font
Does not use T1-lib path search any more
1999-12-12 Roberto Alameda <roberto@myokay.net>
Released version 0.3.2
Correct a bug in rc file handling
Add saving of directory contents (save names)
1999-11-14 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.3.1
Adds printing of font table
Support for rc files
Also saves GIF files of the fonttable
Marks non-existent (or empty) glyphs in the fonttable in red
Better handling of waiting cursor
Allows directory input in a combo box, where some directories
have been preloaded
Smoothing of fonts, character codes and hinting of fonts switchable
in the fonttable
1999-6-30 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.3
Displays PostScript name of glyph under cursor in the fonttable
Creates custom encodings on the fly to display all characters in a
Type 1 font (also not encoded ones)
Generates GIF file of a displayed string
Better handling of TrueType encoding maps
Several bug fixes and improvements
1999-5-10 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.2.2
Provides font properties
Works also with color depths less than 8 bits
Cleaner documentation and prototypes
1999-4-25 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.2.1
Contains a couple of workarounds for GTK+ bugs
First draft at properties of the fonts (only for TrueType now)
1999-4-12 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.2
Ported to GTK+ 1.2
Uses the configure script
Accepts a file or directory as argument
1999-2-22 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.1.1
It allows for various PostScript encodings
1999-2-13 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.1
Also prints text samples
1999-2-12 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.8
Better PostScript code generated
1999-2-07 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.7
Adds print support (by generating PostScript code with a font sample)
for both PostScript and TrueType fonts. In the case of TT fonts,
the font is downloaded as Type42 font to the generated PostScript.
1999-1-13 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.6
It is now renamed, from gfont to gfontview (name collision)
Asynchronous error messages are collected in extra window
1999-1-06 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.5
Antialiasing for TrueType works correctly now
Glyph magnifying works for TrueType now
The functionality as I want it in the first draft is there;
now I have to take care of error messages.
1999-1-03 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.4
Antialiasing for TrueType is there; looks bad at small sizes.
1998-12-20 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.3
It improves TrueType support, only antialiasing is missing.
1998-12-10 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.2
It adds first TrueType support, some functions are still missing,
but you can view TT fonts.
1998-11-7 Roberto Alameda <alameda@ibm.net>
Released version 0.0.1
It can display a directory of PS fonts, preview a font,
and make a font table.
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