May 2026

Author: walbourn

.nuget/directxtk12_desktop_win10.nuspec

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SpriteBatch - simple & efficient 2D sprite rendering
 SpriteFont - bitmap based text rendering
 VertexTypes - structures for commonly used vertex data formats
 WICTextureLoader - WIC-based image file texture loader</description>
-        <releaseNotes>Matches the March 31, 2026 release on GitHub.
+        <releaseNotes>Matches the May 7, 2026 release on GitHub.
 
 DirectX Tool Kit for Audio in this package uses XAudio 2.9 which requires Windows 10 or later.</releaseNotes>
         <projectUrl>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=615561</projectUrl>

.nuget/directxtk12_uwp.nuspec

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SpriteBatch - simple & efficient 2D sprite rendering
 SpriteFont - bitmap based text rendering
 VertexTypes - structures for commonly used vertex data formats
 WICTextureLoader - WIC-based image file texture loader</description>
-        <releaseNotes>Matches the March 31, 2026 release on GitHub.</releaseNotes>
+        <releaseNotes>Matches the May 7, 2026 release on GitHub.</releaseNotes>
         <projectUrl>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=615561</projectUrl>
         <repository type="git" url="https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTK12.git" />
         <icon>images\icon.jpg</icon>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ Release available for download on [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXT
 
 ## Release History
 
+### May 7, 2026
+* SpriteFont file loader updated to fix a potential overflow issue in 32-bit (x86) builds
+* XWB reader updated to resolve a potential overflow issue when reading a malformed wavebank file
+* CMake project updates
+* Minor comments cleanup
+
 ### March 31, 2026
 * Added SpriteFont **SetPixelAlignment** method for opt-in pixel snapping support
 * Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if(POLICY CMP0162)
    cmake_policy(SET CMP0162 NEW)
 endif()
 
-set(DIRECTXTK12_VERSION 1.6.5)
+set(DIRECTXTK12_VERSION 1.6.6)
 
 if(XBOX_CONSOLE_TARGET STREQUAL "durango")
   set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE "STATIC_LIBRARY")

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=615561
 
 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 
-## March 31, 2026
+## May 7, 2026
 
 This package contains the "DirectX Tool Kit", a collection of helper classes for writing Direct3D 12 C++ code for Win32 desktop applications for Windows 11 and Windows 10, game titles for Xbox Series X\|S and Xbox One, and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for Windows 11 and Windows 10.
 

build/CompilerAndLinker.cmake

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ endif()
 
 #--- General MSVC-like SDL options
 if(MSVC)
-    list(APPEND COMPILER_SWITCHES "$<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/guard:cf>")
+    list(APPEND COMPILER_SWITCHES /Gd /GS /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Zc:wchar_t $<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/guard:cf>)
     list(APPEND LINKER_SWITCHES /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /INCREMENTAL:NO)
 
     if(WINDOWS_STORE)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang|IntelLLVM")
 elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Intel")
     list(APPEND COMPILER_SWITCHES /Zc:__cplusplus /Zc:inline /fp:fast /Qdiag-disable:161)
 elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
-    list(APPEND COMPILER_SWITCHES /sdl /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Zc:wchar_t /fp:fast)
+    list(APPEND COMPILER_SWITCHES /sdl /fp:fast)
 
     if(WINDOWS_STORE)
       list(APPEND COMPILER_SWITCHES /await)