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Version 1.19 of Xgridfit, the XML-based language for "hinting"
TrueType fonts, adds an experimental mode that outputs a
script in Python rather than the native FontForge scripting
language. At present the two modes are functionally identical,
but future releases will make Python mode the default and
begin to leverage the capabilities of the Python language.

This version of Xgridfit fixes a couple of bugs
that made macro and glyph parameters invisible in
function calls and some expressions. It relaxes
restrictions on the distance attribute of the
move element so that function parameters can be
used there.

A new "point" operator has been added for
expressions: this causes the argument to be
treated just like the num attribute of a point
element (the offset parameter of a glyph program
is added automatically).... read more

Version 0.5 of Xgridfit adds the ability to manage large multi-fie projects via XInclude; also various minor changes. From this point only the Relax NG schema will be maintained; others will be generated automatically by Trang.

Xgridfit version 0.4 includes utilities for converting existing instructions for use with Xgridfit and enhanced structured programming features. Also a number of minor enhancements and bug fixes.

Version 0.3 of Xgridfit adds TTX mode, in which Xgridfit merges TrueType instructions into an XML representation of a font generated by the font utility TTX. TTX can then compile the XML to a font file containing the instructions. This release includes a simple Bash script, xgridfit-ttx, to make it easy to run Xgridfit in TTX mode.

Convenience features added: FontForge scripts generated by Xgridfit can now read and write both FontForge source files and TrueType fonts. Files can be opened and saved under different names. Params can be used to override settings in the profile element of the Xgridfit source file.