May 3rd, 2012New:
· Tags - support to assigning tags to font files located in a network directory.
Fixed:
· Export to HTML - "Incorrect format of template file" error.
· Create Library - program could crash on the last stage of library creation if the list of files is too long.
November 16th, 2011· Support to multiline face sample text in the Main view
· Support to Unicode-named fonts (for example, Asian fonts in non-Asian version of Windows)
· Option to turn off info-tips in the Main view
· Full Name property of Type 1 fonts in Properties view
· Database Search - search by Caption
· Backup - the backup file now can exceed 4 GB and can include more than 65535 files in archive (Zip64 extensions has been enabled)
· Fixed
· Find Fonts: Sorting long list of files by a click to column header may take too much time (if big number of items are selected)
· Find Fonts: Sorting by "Is Unicode" column
· Database tags were copied incorrectly if the copied files were renamed on file name collision (in Windows 7)
· Groups - deactivating multiple selected groups having "gray" state: only the first "gray" group was deactivated
· Error that may cause program crash on a font with some rare properties
· Enhanced
· Tags view - show vertical scroll bar when needed
· Black theme (Seach Database, Tags)
· Discontinued
· Old style themes has been removed (Office 2000, etc)
May 15th, 2010· New: Program icon.
· New: Save/Load Workspace - save/restore the layout of docking panes.
· New: Compare font samples (preview duplicates) in Find Fonts window.
· New: "Embedding" and "Is Unicode" columns in the Main view and in Find Fonts window.
· New: "Font contains all the glyphs" advanced search option in Find Fonts window.
· New: Renaming folders in Folders view.
· New: Displaying properties of multiple selected items (for Folders view items displayed in the Main view).
· New: "Add font information to database" menu command in the Main view.
· New: Database Maintenance: "Remove All Unlinked Files" button.
· New: Database Maintenance: Files and folders counters.
· New: Progress bar in Find Fonts window.
· Enhanced: Reordering columns, save order and column widths in the Main view.
· Enhanced: Save view type of the Main view (thumbnails, details, etc.)
· Enhanced: Items in Folders view and Groups view are inserted more quickly.
· Enhanced: Default algorithm of selecting preferred duplicates in Find Fonts window.
· Enhanced: Results view in Find Fonts window.
· Enhanced: Missing Fonts Loader plug-in will search for fonts in Groups more quickly if a font was added to DB.
· Enhanced: Icon for TTC fonts.
· Enhanced: FontExpertKnownFonts.xml has been updated; now includes the information about Windows Vista and Windows 7 fonts.
· Other new features and improvements.
· Fixed: DB Search was not able to find fonts that were copied to Font Library.
· Fixed: Program crash during drag and drop in Groups view.
· Fixed: Create Album failed to create font samples if the font samples property page was not displayed at least once.
· Fixed: Program stopped responding after deletion of a folder which files were displayed in Worklist.
· Fixed: Crash in HTML Album when creating more than 4000-5000 font samples.
· Fixed: Crash when HomeGroup item was selected in Folders view (Windows 7).
· Fixed: Restore from Backup (Vista) - fonts were copied to Fonts folder but not installed in registry.
· Fixed: Raster fonts (.FON) with OS/2 resource type were not recognized.
· Fixed: Empty folders in Groups view were displayed with [+] button.
· Fixed: Groups view: now folders are sorted/displayed above neighboring fonts in the list.
· Other minor fixes.
October 2nd, 2009· Fixed: Program may start slowly (or Groups view was opening slowly) with several thousands of folders displayed in font groups.
· Enhanced: Performance enhancements.
March 19th, 2009· Fixed: Program crash in Groups after drag-drop or cut/paste fonts from non-empty to empty group. The error can be reproduced in versions 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 Releases 1 and 2.
· Enhanced: Minor performance enhancements.
March 12th, 2009· Enhanced drawing when scrolling fonts in the Main view.
· Fixed: Printing Fonts - printed output moved up and left after printing each page.
· Fixed minor issue: Backup reminder displayed reminder message again on the day of the last backup.
· Support to new application language: Czech.
December 15th, 2008· Create Font Library feature classifies fonts and organizes folders by font family classes.
· Backup/Restore FontExpert database (with keywords and categories) and Font Groups.
· Allows to exchange backup between XP and Vista computers.
· New printing and print preview with customizable reports.
· Enhanced Export to HTML feature creates A-Z html album, supports drop shadow in font samples.
· Search by Panose properties, by Family Style, Width, Weight, Monospaced properties, by Foundry, by Vendor ID in Database Search view. Search for Panose matches menu command (search for similar fonts).
· Better performance when processing large number of fonts.
· "Foundry" and "Vendor ID" columns in the main view (Details view type).
· "Family Style" column in Find Fonts... results list and in the Windows Fonts view.
· Better detection of Windows font source files (Show Source Files of Windows Font)
· Support to raster fonts (.fon) created in new Portable Executable File Format.
· Anti-aliased drawing of font samples.
· "Sort by" context menu command (sort by Foundry, By Location, etc.) in the main view.
· Fixed: Macintosh OpenType/TrueType fonts with the only Macintosh character set were previewed incorrectly and were drawn as Arial.
· Other enhancements.
· Minor issues were fixed.
· Now FontExpert does not require to start it "As Administrator" on Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64 Edition.
September 20th, 2008· Version 9.0 Release 5
· In some cases FontExpert started slowly in network environment.
· Minor issues.
May 28th, 2007· Tags View - assign keywords, categories, ratings and captions to selected fonts;
· DB Search View - search fonts by font name, keywords, categories or ratings;
· Folders View with win explorer-style browser;
· Fonts View can display font samples of arbitrary size in many columns (replaces former Font Faces view and Files view);
· Groups view now can display all fonts within group folder and its subfolders;
· Find Fonts enhancement - compare glyph data when searching for duplicates;
· Drag and Drop font files between Folders and Fonts views;
· New reports - Text Sample printed in 2 or 3 columns;
· Many errors reported for version 8.0 were fixed.
November 14th, 2006· Fixes: Previewed Type 1 bold style fonts appear as italic fonts
August 14th, 2006· New Release,
· Many new features
July 18th, 2006· Fixes critical error: Find Fonts feature may crash the program if one pfb-file in search results has two corresponding pfm-files
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