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  • Fix environment variable SHOW_HEADER deprecation notice from 0.15.0.

Release 0.15.0

  • Manual icon font detection with the necessary tweaks for correct rendering. This temporarily supplements the automatic mode introduced in 0.14.0.

  • Move the metadata cleanup to the final stage of the uninstaller.

  • Fix order of the icon font detection Fontconfig rules to be above any user-defined entries.

  • Fix DISABLE_METADATA environment variable functionality on project removal. Script will refuse to execute since metadata is non-existent.

  • Environment variable SHOW_HEADER has been replaced by DISABLE_HEADER, with the original variable considered deprecated and marked for removal in version 1.0.0. Variable should be reassigned correspondingly from SHOW_HEADER=false to DISABLE_HEADER=1.

Release 0.14.0

  • Full stem-darkening in the autofitter driver. Additionally provides the fix for the improper glyph geometry in some fonts.

  • Automatic icon-type font detection with the necessary tweaks for correct rendering.

Release 0.13.1

  • Improve script compatibility by relying on the environment paths instead of the hardcoded values.

Release 0.13.0

  • New stem-darkening enhancement through Fontconfig "embolden" feature. This feature compensates the lack of stem-darkening on very small glyph sizes caused by #9. It is important to note that there is a significant chance that some software may not support this feature.

  • New fallback Fontconfig rule to suggest usage of "Slight" style font hinting if no other configuration is found.

  • New blacklist option that allows disabling individual project modules. The blacklist should be provided through the --blacklist (-b) option, one module name (or glob mask) per option. For more information, see the "Blacklist" section in README.

  • Some user preferences are now being preserved on project upgrades. Currently preserved setting is --blacklist option. This feature only works starting with this release and does not migrate settings from previous versions.

  • To comply with FHS, script will now use /usr/local/ directories instead of /usr/, placing all the metadata in /usr/local/share/lucidglyph/ and uninstaller in /usr/local/lib/lucidglyph/.

  • Improved after-install notice in script.

  • Multiple enhancements for script logic, output, and metadata management.

  • Environment variable ENABLE_METADATA has been replaced by DISABLE_METADATA, with the original variable considered deprecated and marked for removal in version 1.0.0. Variable should be reassigned correspondingly from ENABLE_METADATA=false to DISABLE_METADATA=1.

  • Environment variables ENABLE_ENVIRONMENT and ENABLE_FONTCONFIG are considered deprecated and marked for removal in version 1.0.0. This feature was replaced with module blacklisting. See README for more information.

Release 0.12.0

Notice

Previous issues with per-user mode possible symbolic link corruptions on uninstall and upgrade have been resolved and mitigated in this release. No manual intervention is required.

  • New grouped structure for project modules in script to allow the selective installations using the new environment variables: ENABLE_ENVIRONMENT, ENABLE_FONTCONFIG and ENABLE_METADATA.

  • Fix the per-user symbolic link corruption issue on project uninstall or upgrade and automatically mitigate the already existing installations (detailed report).

  • Attempting to install the project in per-user mode with elevated permissions will now request manual user confirmation after notice.

Release 0.11.1

Caution for per-user mode

If you are a power user who relies heavily on symbolic links for custom Fontconfig rules and use lucidglyph versions from 0.10.0 to 0.11.1, please check this to avoid possible corruption of symlinks during an upgrade or removal of this project in per-user mode.

  • Fix main installation script backwards compatibility handling and add detection for new potential installations through package managers.

Release 0.11.0

Caution for per-user mode

If you are a power user who relies heavily on symbolic links for custom Fontconfig rules and use lucidglyph versions from 0.10.0 to 0.11.1, please check this to avoid possible corruption of symlinks during an upgrade or removal of this project in per-user mode.

  • Main script now supports re-installation by user confirmation when attempting to install an already installed version of the project.

  • Remove the cff, type1, t1cid drivers custom stem-darkening values that corrupted the font rendering and use the default ones. This will inevitably add back the Cantarell font regression, but that's a trade-off that has to be made.

Release 0.10.1

Caution for per-user mode

If you are a power user who relies heavily on symbolic links for custom Fontconfig rules and use lucidglyph versions from 0.10.0 to 0.11.1, please check this to avoid possible corruption of symlinks during an upgrade or removal of this project in per-user mode.

  • Per-user mode now prefers working with less widely used user shell configuration paths to avoid cluttering. For example, it will now prefer working with .bash_profile over .bashrc.

Release 0.10.0

Caution for per-user mode

If you are a power user who relies heavily on symbolic links for custom Fontconfig rules and use lucidglyph versions from 0.10.0 to 0.11.1, please check this to avoid possible corruption of symlinks during an upgrade or removal of this project in per-user mode.

  • New experimental per-user installation mode, allowing to apply all tweaks only for the current user. Enable by passing the --user (-u) flag.

  • New tweak to fix variable fonts bold style rendering in Qt based software. Eliminates the incorrect rendering of bold fonts as heavy. (Reported by @xalt7x)

  • Improved modular paths handling in main script, including support for the DESTDIR (cherry-picked from VictorQueiroz fork) variable.

Release 0.9.1

  • Fix improperly handled installation steps.

  • Improve script output.

Release 0.9.0

Major improvements to multiple font drivers.

  • Achieved completely correct rendering of emboldened cff driver fonts.

  • Increased darkening for small fonts in autofitter driver.

  • Enhanced visibility of different styles (regular, bold, italic) in autofitter driver.

  • Main script will now print the help message if no command provided.

Release 0.8.0

  • Project has been renamed to "lucidglyph", as it now covers more than freetype itself (and I like how simple the new name is). Automatic updating from version 0.7.0 is supported.

  • From now on, the project is licensed under GPLv3 again.

  • New unsupported platform notice in the main script, which will appear on any attempts to run it on the non-Linux environments.

  • Improved color output for main script.

Release 0.7.0

  • Project modes are now deprecated. There is no point in keeping the full mode anymore, as most of it's features are now included by default in normal mode. Passing any mode arguments to the script will now print out the warning message about deprecation and proceed with the normal mode installation.

  • New web wrapper script added to project. Now you can install and control the project without having to download it manually

  • Support for automatic project upgrades. Now you can install the project easily without having to manually deal with the previous version of it. This feature is only supported on versions above 0.7.0, so upgrade to this release from previous versions will sadly still be manual, sorry :(

  • Enhanced colored output and removed verbose information in main script.

  • Environment variables are now set in /etc/environment file and handled by PAM. The problem with using the /etc/profile.d/ modular way, while being much easier to manage, causes dependency on the shell to actually source those values, which can be troublesome on some Linux distributions.

  • Support for packaging is removed now with RHEL/Fedora (dnf) repository deprecated. No more updates will come to COPR repository, and it will be closed after Fedora 41 EOL. Deployment process became too complex, and I do not wish to waste my time on maintaining it all.

  • Removed the ability to disable the state file through STORE_STATE variable from main script. Now, with project packaging being canceled, this feature lacks no purpose, as state file is required for manual installation project management.

Release 0.6.0

  • Secure state file load in manual management script.

Parser will ensure that loaded values are safe and does not contain any out-of-scope calls. The script must be run with root privileges and fully sourcing the contents of an external file may lead to malicious behavior.

Release 0.5.0

  • New fontconfig rule to reject the usage of Droid Sans font family for Japanese and Chinese (Issue #1).
  • Manual management script will now create special state files to store current installation information for further project management.
  • Manual management script shortcut commands (i, r, h) are now deprecated and will be removed on 1.0.0 release.

Release 0.4.0

  • Enable cff driver in the Normal preset with new darkening values that reduce font distortion with this driver to a minimum. Major feature for vanilla GNOME users with Cantarell font.
  • Stem-darkening values are now specified for all drivers (cff, type1, t1cid) in all presets for more predictive results.

Release 0.3.0

  • Project license changed to the BSD-3-Clause. I don't think it makes sense to use a license as restrictive as the GPL.
  • Stem-darkening value increased for the min. sized fonts in "Full" preset.

Release 0.2.3

  • Stem-darkening values adjusted:
    • Improve the small-sized fonts visibility.
    • Reduced visual artifacts for medium-sized fonts.
    • Turned back on the darkening max. threshold for big-sized fonts.

Release 0.2.2

  • Minor enhancements to the installation script.

Release 0.2.1

  • Fixed problems with the lack of visual distinction between fonts of different weights on dark backgrounds.
  • Visibility of small font sizes has been slightly improved.

Release 0.2.0

Important

When upgrading from versions 0.1.*, be sure to uninstall the previous installation with its uninstall.sh script. Because of some incompatible enhancements made to the project it no longer can work with previous version tweaks.

  • Revamped main script, everything in one place.
  • Grayscale antialiasing enforcement is automated now, no manual actions required anymore.
  • cff driver stem-darkening added to full preset.
  • Enabled stem-darkening for type1 and t1cid drivers.
  • Stem darkening values tweaked to enhance visibility.
  • Modes renamed:
    • safe --> normal.
    • unsafe --> full.
  • Removed old control scripts install.sh and uninstall.sh cut from project.

Release 0.1.1

  • Improve the structure of profile.d scripts, add comment blocks describing actions.

Release 0.1.0

Initial release of this project.