X-Fonter Release History
Complete changelog for every public release of X-Fonter from version 4.2 to the current 14.0.3. A full history is also included with the program in readme.txt.
Version 14.x — 2023–2024
14.0.3
Latest
January 2024
- ~Run as Administrator fix
14.0.2
December 2023
- ~Font Family Detection enhanced
- ~Font Panose Information improved
- ~Font Family Filtering enhanced
- ~Font Type Filter enhanced (Unknown Font Types)
- ~Font Registry Check screen improved
- ~Small layout improvements
- +Check on admin privileges
14.0.1
December 2023
- ✓Icon error fixed (rename screen)
14.0
November 2023
- +Tab icons added
- ~Unicode 15.1 character set update
- ~Small layout improvements
Version 12.x — 2021
12.0.1
December 2021
- ✓Font loading bug fixed
- ✓A few translations fixed
- ~Extra debugging info added (internal use)
- ~Small layout improvements
12.0
December 2021
- +List of Hidden Fonts added
- +Switch between DESKTOP and DRIVES as root folder in browse mode
- ~Unicode 13.0 characters update
- ~Improvement of font loading/unloading performance
- ~Duplicate font search capabilities enhanced
- ~Files are now by default deleted to recycle bin
- ~Install possible for All Users or Current User
Version 10.x — 2017
10.0
December 2017
- +Windows 10 support improved
- +Load/Save Filter Configurations
- ✓Memory leak with print preview fixed
- ~Character Search now accepts Hex numbers
- ~Character Search performance improved (non-numeric values)
- ~Security problem fixed
- ~Style Filter update (WWS and Oblique added)
- ~External components changed (LMD and RX removed)
- ~Native regular expressions used instead of external component
- ~Windows 10 system fonts list updated
- ~Unicode 10.0 characters update
- ~Image Studio: Full Shadow button replaced with checkbox
- ~Splitters now move on window resize
- ~Translations improved
- ~Small UI changes
Version 8.x — 2013–2014
8.3.0
August 2014
- ~Fontbook vertical alignment improved
- ~Fontbook horizontal layout improved
- ~Fontbook default values changed & formulas improved
- ~Fontbook screen & options changes
- ~Obsolete menu items removed
8.2.0
April 2014
- ✓Filter display improved (glyph display)
- ✓Clear filter fixed
- ✓Tab order fixed in some screens
- ✓Correct handling of characters above $10000
- ✓Character search with spaces fixed
- ✓Number fixed in 'Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols'
- ✓Stability issues fixed when changing folders or collections
- ✓PostScript registry parsing problem fixed
- ✓Fontbook creation error fixed (GIF library update)
- ~Background color in Unicode charmap changed (chars from another page)
8.1.0
March 2014
- ✓GIF creation error fixed
- ✓ASCII charmap now displays all chars correctly
- +PNG support added (Image Studio)
- +Option to display chars in Hex or decimal format
- ~Image size display changed & translations fixed
8.0.1
January 2014
- ✓Rare shutdown error fixed
8.0.0
December 2013
- ✓Rare access violation error fixed
- ✓Fontbook: better resource management
- ~Better support for Unicode font names (Korean, Chinese…)
- ~Better support for localized font names in non-English languages
- ~Unicode specifications updated to version 6.3.0
- ~Development environment upgrade
- ~Database version upgrade
- ~Shell components upgrade
- ~More detailed Panose information added
- ~Invalid fonts now shown in red
- ~Unicode filter layout improved
- ~Font type icons modified for invalid fonts
- ~Character map layout changed (Hex codes)
- ~Default colors changed (Hex codes)
- ~Better large font support
- ~Translations added/improved
- +Option to show default font example view in Windows
- +Option to show character instead of character number in character maps
- +Windows 8.1 system font list added
- +Adobe Creative Suite fonts list added (optionally added to system font list)
Version 7.x — 2010–2013
7.5.4
May 2013
- ✓Unicode filename handling error fixed (introduced in 7.5.2)
- ✓Unicode Filter sorting fixed
- ✓Some fonts were wrongly marked invalid (rare occasion)
- ~Duplicate font search improved
- ~Helpfile launch changed
- ~Obsolete units removed
- ~Color picker upgrade
- +Windows 8 system font list added
7.5.3
December 2012
- ~Unicode characters upgraded to new specifications
- ~Obsolete component removed
- ~French translation error fixed
- ~Font Info layout changed
- ~Duplicate Font Finder improved
7.5.2
September 2012
- ~Font handling routines modified
- ~Minor screen tweaks
7.5.1
June 2012
- +Font Filter: filter tabs marked when filter is active
- ✓Font Filter: Collection Filter fixed
- ✓Font Filter: Clear filter button only enabled when filter is active
- ~Font list view: Treeview tweaked (all 3 tabs)
- ~Collections: test menu hidden
7.5.0
May 2012
- +Character Search: Show character in Unicode character map option
- ~Better support for Unicode folder names (browse and collections)
- ✓Error handling in right-click popups improved
- ~Unicode characters allowed in Font Tags
- ✓Dialog mode of Tag popup changed
- ~Unicode specifications updated to version 6.1.0
- ~Browse fonts: folder tree properties changed
- ~Zebra striping optional in options screen
- ~Row sizes changed (large and extra large)
7.4.0
January 2012
- +Font tagging — add keywords to fonts for easier search
- +Filter on font tags added
- ~Rename PostScript files (AFM files)
- ~Unicode filter screen layout changed
- ✓Rename fonts bugfix
- ✓Filter logic improved
- ~A few small extra enhancements
7.3.0
May 2011
- ~Improved responsiveness while scanning large folders
- ~Loaded fonts from non-Windows folder now identified in Installed/Loaded tab
- ~New working/busy icon that displays correctly on all Windows versions
- ~Several internal lists sorted differently for better performance
- ~Better identification of PostScript fonts from registry
- ~Better identification of TrueType/OpenType fonts with localized subfamily names
- ~Sorting on Font Example column now possible
- ✓First 'not found' font in a collection was sometimes marked as 'invalid'
- ✓Font count corrected when only PFB file was found
7.2.0
March 2011
- ~Windows 7 system font list updated
- +System Font Filter added
- +Collection Filter added
- ~Adding fonts to collection — order changed
- +Custom color selection for system fonts and installed fonts
- ~Better handling of system fonts in Browse and Collections tabs
- +Option to display MS Office fonts as system fonts
- ~Font name added to popup when there's a problem adding to collections
- ~Fontbook settings are now saved
- ✓Fontbook footer now added correctly
- ~Better keyboard control in Browse and Collections
7.1.0
February 2011
- ~Better handling of PostScript fonts when installing/uninstalling
- ~Better support for 64-bit Windows
- +Duplicate Font Finder (TrueType/OpenType)
- ~Unicode data updated to version 6.0
- ~Able to display Unicode characters beyond plane 0
- ✓Character Search: characters shown even if Unicode description is missing
- +Popup menu on Unicode charmap (copy to clipboard / add to sample)
- +Popup menu on ASCII charmap (copy to clipboard / add to sample)
- ~Font rename module performance improved
- ~Delete button can be used to delete selected fonts
- ✓Correct focus after deleting or removing fonts from collection
- ✓Displayed font changed correctly after adding to collection
- +Menu items to change foreground and background colors
- ~Filter fixed for invalid font style settings (bit7)
- ✓Preview text in options screen Unicode fix
- ~Copy font info: automatically select all text if none selected
7.0
December 2010
- +Undo functionality in Color Picker
- ~Treeview component upgraded
- ~Options screen: check for database connected
- ✓Page orientation bug fixed ('Printing already in progress' error)
- ✓Print dialog refresh improved
- ~Database moved to user folder instead of Program Files
- ~Update font name in title caption improved
- ~Improved registration process (better feedback)
- ~Improved Character Map (Bold & Italic fix)
- ~Removed light grey background from character map
- ~Font names displayed in regional language
- ~Font info retrieval improved
- ~Initial font list retrieval changed for more accurate display
- ~System font list updated (Vista/Win7)
- ~FontFamily Filter & display tweaked
- ~Font path no longer converted to lowercase
- +Hints added to Print Preview screen
- ~Print preview components upgraded
- ✓Fontbook: now displays correctly in Firefox
- ✓Fontbook: prev + next buttons shown correctly when only 2 pages
- ~Font count in statusbar takes rotated fonts into account
- ✓Moved fonts now correctly updated in collections
- ✓Renamed fonts now correctly updated in collections
- ~Stability improved for loading/unloading fonts
- +Font Registry Check (with fix option)
- +Support for TrueType Collections (TTC font files)
Version 6.x — 2006–2008
6.4
September 2008
- ✓Cancelling filter actions now possible
- ✓Load and Delete buttons sometimes incorrectly enabled
- +Printing: new font overview size added (Medium 18pt)
- ~Database engine upgrade (field length bug)
- ✓Printing: landscape printing improved
- +Printing: optional left margin added
- +German language added
6.3
September 2007
- +Unicode character map printing with character range selection
- ✓Miscellaneous small improvements
6.2
February 2007
- ✓'Select All' bug fixed in browse/collection tab
- ✓Unicode character map shows correct character information
- ✓Fonts could appear twice in browse tab
- ✓Constraint violation fixed
- +Character Detail view added in ASCII and Unicode Charmap
- +Favourite font folders added
6.1
August 2006
- ✓Few minor bugfixes
- ✓Unicode preview text
- ✓Display of OpenType fonts with PostScript outlines
- ~Font Moving routine enhanced for locked files
- ~Database handling improved
- +More information about OpenType fonts (Outline Type)
6.0
June 2006
- +Faster font retrieval (database engine added)
- +Print Preview option added
- ~Printing dialog improved
- +Character Map report added
- ~Better reporting options
- +Create HTML Font Books
- ~Enhanced user interface (icons…)
- +Character Search page added (including Unicode)
- +Multi-language support (English and French)
- ~More Unicode support in font preview
- +Font Rename now possible (TrueType and PostScript)
- +Zipping fonts feature added
- +Font Copy or Move support added
- +Custom config file option to save different setups
Version 5.x — 2004–2006
5.5
January 2006
- ✓Printing with duplicate fonts on print list
- ✓Invalid fonts are now handled differently
- +Outline effects for Unicode text (image editor)
- +Filter on Font Name
- ~Limitations removed from trial version
5.4
September 2005
- ✓PostScript Type 1 font locking problem fixed
- ✓Folders with font extension now handled correctly
- +Colored preview in font selection panel
- ~Interface tweaking
5.3
July 2005
- ✓Another PostScript fonts bug fixed
- ✓Problem with Font Path fixed
- ✓Bug with Collection rename fixed
- +Print font overview: Extra Large Size
- +Print font overview: show number of fonts and pages on print dialog
5.2
June 2005
- ✓Bug with certain PostScript fonts fixed
- +Embedding filter options
5.1
May 2005
- +Advanced ColorMania added as color picker
- ✓Bug with long PostScript font names fixed
- +More font filtering options (font name, copyright, trademark, description…)
- ✓Bug with saving install options fixed
5.0
January 2005
- +Font Collections tab added
- ~Font installation routines improved
- ~Screen layout improved
- +Possibility to use background pictures in Image & Effect Studio
- +Font files added for all font types
- ~Font preview grids modified
Version 4.x — 2004
4.6
November 2004
- ~Screen layout improved
- +Font files added for all font types
- ~Font preview grids modified
- ✓Installation bugfix
- +More print options
4.5
June 2004
- ✓Settings were not automatically saved
4.4
June 2004
- ✓Several bugs in font filtering for non-installed fonts
- ✓Minor bug for installed font list — some fonts displayed twice
4.3
2004
- +Font overview printing can be done with different codepages
- ✓In 4.2 not all installed fonts were displayed
4.2
2004
- ~Improved layout of Image Creator
- ~Improved font handling engine
- +Font Load/Unload possibility
- +Preview of PostScript Type 1 fonts (bonus option)
- +Print overview of non-installed fonts (bonus option)
- +Blurred effect in image creator (bonus option)
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