What's new in Version 3.0.1

• Add some additional width options for "Maximum unit size when quadding out".
• Fix MCA editor handling of ampersand and other special sorts.
• 64-bit builds compatible with MacOS 10.12 or newer, runs under Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon.

What's new in Version 2.9.3

• Fix soft proof to remove random text and wildly uneven line lengths.

What's new in Version 2.9.2

• This version updates some base libraries which should fix "startup failed" errors.

What's new in Version 2.9.1

• Added 14 unit maximum quad size option

What's new in Version 2.9.0

• Padding width can now be specified

What's new in Version 2.8.6

• Fix an error when using 16x17 matcases with empty positions in row 16.
• Add backtick (accent grave) to the list of punctuation glyphs available for fallback to roman sorts when missing in italic.
• Insertion point should now be within character box when mat editor opens.
• Sometimes the first line of non-justified text would be set with spaces matching the justified text space with rather than the width specified for spaces in non-justified text. Now, setting of the justification mode via <left>, <right> and friends takes effect on the line being set at the point the justification command occurs. The codes </left>, </right> and friends take affect at the start of the next line.
• Padding will use the largest fixed space available in the chosen MCA (typically 18).

What's new in Version 2.8.4

• Fix an error on jobs with wide characters (utf-8) caused by careless logging.

What's new in Version 2.8.3

• Fix a scenario where justification wedges would be used in favor of unit shift even when unit shift would provide a better adjustment.
• The stopbar dropdown on the ribbon setings page should automatically select the correct wedge when an MCA is selected (again).
• Copying and uploading schemes should work properly now.

What's new in Version 2.8.2

• Improved support for hyphenation when using Unicode characters.

What's new in Version 2.8.0

• The generator now runs in a separate process to avoid "AppNapp" slowness. This should greatly improve performance, particularly when generating ribbons.
• Add missing set width options.
• Unit adding should now work when using fractional unit adjustment.
• PDF display of MCAs should now work again.

What's new in Version 2.7.6

• Fixes for OSX 10.12; Minimum version is now 10.9.
• Enable scrollbar on markup popup so that it doesn't overflow the window.
• Add option to allow hyphenation for non-justified lines.

What's new in Version 2.7.5

• Add separate minimum space size for non-justified lines.
• Move matrix cleanup codes for fonts to beginning of job.
• Allow line length to be specified directly in Monotype units.

What's new in Version 2.7.4

• Add support for the specifying line length directly in terms of Monotype Units.

What's new in Version 2.7.3

• Add support for the Imprimerie Nationale point system.
• Fix some layout problems when using multiple columns.
• Add fractional set widths between 5 and 6.
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes.

What's new in Version 2.7.1

• Better handle width adjustments in row 1.
• Available mats popup is now resizeable and a little more legible.
• Added confirmation when deleting MCA.
• Added MCA rename feature.
• MCA errors display rearranged a bit.
• Handle wide characters (unicode) more reliably.

What's new in Version 2.6

• Cloud MCA syncronization tool allows MCAs on standalone generator to be synchronized with the Cloud tool.
• Ability to specify the quantity of fonts to be generated when using the Font Generator.
• Clean Mats feature which casts 2 of each sort in font before generating font.
• New PDF rendition of font schemes
• Minor bug fixes.

What's new in Version 2.5

• Font ribbon generation support, including support for custom fonting schemes.
• Minor bug fixes.

What's new in Version 2.4

• Nicer layout of ribbon settings page.
• Nicer layout of ribbon settings page.
• Include some job information on soft proof page.
• Support the pneumatic low space mechanism.
• Support specifying a maximum space size when quadding (but which is not used when adding a fixed amount of space to a line.)

What's new in Version 2.3

Performance

• Improved standalone performance without having a separate process. Should be more reliable than the technique used in 2.0.x.
• Use a bundled framework load (dojo) to speed loading.

MCA Editor

• Fix for unit width validation over 9.5
• Add "Save and Close" button, "Save" now returns to the MCA editor screen.
• Allow and as shortcuts for "Cancel" and "OK" in the MCA editor. Note that only works when you're not editing one of the text fields.
• Format the sort width a bit more nicely.
• When editing an empty position, the "matrix type" is changed to "Sort", in order to ease MCA completion.

Ribbon Generator

• Swap location of "caster trip spaces" so that they're easier to remove from the end of the line.
• Added line unit display on generator page.
• Added clickable lables for radios and checkboxes.
• Mould "over-extension" is now just a warning.
• Added response compression, which should greatly speed up soft proof display.
• Added groundwork for multiple column layouts.
• fix a few regressions caused by space-to command.
• When using combined spaces, add space to the correct sort being cast.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused words on the beginning of a line to lose their style information.
• Fixed a bug that would cause letters to be lost when trying to hyphenate words that already contain hyphens (which aren't sent to the hyphenation engine but need to keep their existing hyphens).
• Fix caster trip option so that it now works.
• Add <stN> command that inserts fixed space until the line is at N units. Useful for simple tables.

What's new in Version 2.0.0

Ribbon Generator

• Remove windows UTF8 byte order mark (BOM) from ribbon input, which was causing suprious "invalid activator" warnings.
• Allow ribbon configs to be re-saved.
• Add Small Caps to punctuation substitution list and expand punctuation subset.
• Check that mould blade isn't drawn too far.
• Fix caster trip option (add to actual last line.)
• Ensure at least one justifying space is present on a line when quadding out, in order to ensure that the line can be completely quadded.
• Add 'Pad Margins' option that places a single quad at each end of a line, in order to ease transport of the finished type. Note that this reduces the length of type set on the line by the same amount.
• Added a new command: that enables the use of combined space lines in lieu of hyphenating a given line(s).
• Added "Go Back" button to Soft Proof
• Add hanging punctuation option. Note that this reduces the length of type set on the line by the amount of the hanging punctuation (usually the width of the smallest punctuation mark.)
• Added .
• Generator remembers styles applied to individual sorts during hyphenation.
• Add ability to use custom hyphenation rules (a new preference).
• Add more set widths.
• Add a popup describing formatting control codes.
• Add a popup describing soft proof symbols.
• Try to place widest spaces at end of quadded lines.
• Add justifying and fixed space warnings in MCA editor.

MCA Editor

• Add printable PDF view.
• Allow shared MCAs to be downloaded and printed.

Stopbar Editor

• Added delete option for standalone tool.

What's new in Version 1.9.5

• MCA Editor produces warnings for MCAs with problematic spacing setups.
• Added "Backup Database" button to allow easier backups.

What's new in Version 1.9

• Schema upgrade runs automatically during startup.
• Ensure default preferences are created during login.
• Add job settings management.
• Add support for word-combined spacing, for use when justification just won't work any other way.
• Dependencies: New hyphenation engine should permit hyphenation of wide (ie, non-ASCII) characters.
• Added Preferences tab.
• New preferences for default MCA sort lists.
• Allow width adjustment in 0.5 unit increments.

General

• Requires Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard)