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.