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FontExpert Changelog

What's new in FontExpert 2023 19.0 Release 1

Jul 12, 2023
  • New:
  • Group By Family

New in FontExpert 2021 18.0 Release 5 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • New:
  • Version column in the Main view, Details.
  • Fixed:
  • Minor fixes.

New in FontExpert 2021 18.0 Release 4 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • New:
  • Child folders within My Collections are synchronized and mirrored to Groups as members of tree structure (with parent folders)
  • Save and restore expanded folders within My Collections and Groups
  • Added support to Ctrl+A short cut within font sample text edit boxes
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed issue in the Main view which caused rarely appearing crashes while drawing font thumbnails

New in FontExpert 2021 18.0 Release 3 (Feb 13, 2021)

  • New:
  • Synchronization options for My Collections folders - Synchronize Periodically and Mirror to Group

New in FontExpert 2021 18.0 Release 2 (Dec 27, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Edit Font Properties window - the Registered trademark symbol was incorrectly encoded for Macintosh platform name table.
  • Detect Font Problems window - сhanges in the window were not reflected until the program was restarted.

New in FontExpert 2021 18.0 Release 1 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • New:
  • Support to activation of My Collections folders.
  • Displaying My Collections states: Activated, Installed, Partially Activated, Inactive.
  • Support to automatic activation and synchronization of My Collections on application launch.
  • My Collections Properties dialog that allows to configure My Collection folders.
  • Enhancements:
  • Better detection and resolution of font conflicts when fonts are activated or installed.
  • Plug-in searched for fonts in Library and Groups only. Now it searches also in My Collections, including network folders.
  • Other enhancements.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed: Fonts in network folders are now included in search results (in previous version only local fonts were included in search results).
  • Fixed: Plug-in searched for fonts in Library and Groups only. Now it searches also in My Collections, including network folders.
  • Other fixes.

New in FontExpert 2020 17.0 Release 1 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • New:
  • Text output with ligatures in the Main view, Text Sample view, and Waterfall view.
  • Ligatures, Kerning, view Options buttons on toolbars in views.
  • Copy, move Library and database to a custom folder;
  • Attach Library and database from the custom folder.
  • The default location of Library is now the application data root folder defined in options.
  • Backup now supports more than 65536 files and folders within backup ZIP.
  • Waterfall view: text output at small sizes (10pt, 12pt) and text clipping has been enhanced; added options to change sample text.
  • Unicode character names in Characters Table view.
  • Activation buttons (install, activate temporarily, uninstall) has been moved to the center of the main toolbar for easier access.
  • The default shortcuts has been defined for Add to Groups… and Add to library… commands (Ctrl+G, Ctrl+L).
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed: Occasional crashes after updating group states.
  • Fixed: option for the item color in the Main view changed the color of the information text.
  • Other fixes and enhancements.

New in FontExpert 2019 16.0 Release 4 (Nov 3, 2019)

  • New:
  • Tools/Customize... window that allows user to assign keyboard short cuts to all menu commands and to customize buttons on toolbars.
  • Font installation enhancements.

New in FontExpert 2019 16.0 Release 3 (May 5, 2019)

  • New:
  • Compare Fonts
  • Compare Glyphs
  • New option: Library and database folder.
  • New file format of the worklist (.fwl)
  • Groups new commands: Save as Worklist, Save as Zip, Save as Folders.
  • Font installation enhancements.

New in FontExpert 2019 16.0 Release 2 (May 5, 2019)

  • Significant update of the built-in list of font foundries and vendor ID codes (Search - by Foundry feature).
  • 12 quality improvements.

New in FontExpert 2019 16.0 Release 1 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • New:
  • Font counters in Fonts view.
  • Search scope selection (Library and/or My Collections).
  • Waterfall view.
  • Support to 4K high DPI displays.
  • Attach/Detach My Collection commands.
  • Drag and Drop fonts onto Library root node.
  • Enhanced:
  • Icons.
  • Better drawing of controls at dark theme.
  • Other enhancements.
  • Fixed:
  • Tags were not copied if fonts having tags were copied from My Collections to Library.
  • Calculating group state when a group having active state was dragged/dropped within Groups node.
  • GUI issues concerning running on displays with high DPI.
  • Font with a single quote in family name appeared in search results but was not displayed within selected Library folder.
  • Color options were not adjusted correctly when switched from light to dark theme.
  • My Collection folders synchronization was not restarted if previous session ended before synchronization finished.
  • Until the Fonts view was selected at first time, it was not possible to drag and drop font files from Explorer to Fonts view.
  • At some conditions selection of previously selected group did not show fonts in this group.
  • Other minor issues.
  • Other changes:
  • Windows Fonts are now called System Fonts.
  • Fonts view is now the default view.

New in FontExpert 2018 15.0 Release 2 (Nov 28, 2018)

  • Enhanced:
  • Spanish language resources.
  • Fixed:
  • In trial mode plug-in is waiting until Evaluate button is pressed.

New in FontExpert 2018 15.0 Release 1 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • New:
  • My Collections, copy/paste/drag/drop between Groups, Library, and My Collections.
  • Search became a dockable view and finds fonts in Library and My Collections.
  • Search for untagged fonts and search for fonts without caption.
  • Export Groups to a folder structure.
  • Preview of OpenType variable fonts.
  • Enhanced:
  • Text sample and Characters Map now display only symbols defined in a font.
  • Text sample/ My Text sample now has an edit box for typing sample text.
  • Improved overall performance.
  • Fixed:
  • Slow preview of Type 1 fonts in Windows 10.
  • All reported issues.

New in FontExpert 2016 14.0 Release 1 (Oct 26, 2016)

  • New:
  • Fonts view - replaces former Groups view and Library view. Drag files from Library and drop to Groups.
  • Edit Font Properties - renaming font family name and other font properties (modifies .TTF/.OTF).
  • Convert to WOFF.
  • Preview WOFF files.
  • Recently Added Fonts filter - Last Hour, Today, Yesterday, etc.
  • Enhanced:
  • Search in Library became a modeless window.
  • Other enhancements and fixes.

New in FontExpert 2015 13.0 Release 2 (Jan 23, 2016)

  • Fixed:
  • Crash on startup if custom tools were added (custom tools appear as custom commands in Tools menu).
  • Font was not added to Library and to new database if its file existed in the library folder remaining from previous installation.

New in FontExpert 2015 13.0 Release 1 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • New:
  • New: Library view.
  • New: Quick search box to search for font by font name.
  • New: Add To Library feature. Only unique fonts are added to library.
  • Enhanced: Backup/Restore.
  • Enhanced: Export Tags/Import Tags.
  • Enhanced: Overall performance.
  • Fixed:
  • Many fixes and enhancements.

New in FontExpert 2014 12.0 Release 2 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • New:
  • New: Short cuts in Groups and in Worklist are now displayed in the Main View also as short cuts.
  • New: Option: "Open the Latest Worklist on Startup" (in drop-down menu on the toolbar of Worklist view).
  • New: Main View - Report list: OpenType fonts are now distinguished in the "File Type" column, it displays "OpenType/TT font" and "OpenType/CFF font" for OpenType fonts. "Character Sets" column displays the list of character sets in the font. "Character Set ID" column has been removed.
  • New: "Font Type" property of a font in Windows Fonts view in (Properties view) - displays OpenType/CFF and OpenType/TT for OpenType fonts.
  • New: Main View - sort criteria was reset to default "Sort by File Name" for each new folder. Now selected sort criteria is preserved during FontExpert session.
  • Fixed:
  • Updating states of font groups when a font is installed from a short cut.
  • Sorting in columns (Main View - Reports list).
  • ZIP files are now not shown in the Folders tree.
  • Other minor fixes and enhancements.

New in FontExpert 2013 12.0 Release 1 (Jun 14, 2013)

  • New:
  • Floating font samples.
  • Font samples in Report list of the Main View.
  • Export Tags, Import Tags.
  • File name format in Rename Font Files window.
  • Custom icon for OpenType/CFF fonts.
  • Light and Dark themes.
  • Go to Folder dialog. Folder history bar is now hidden by default.
  • Enhanced:
  • Database - support to folder and file names with Unicode symbols not present in current ANSI code page.
  • More quick start and other performance enhancements.
  • Integrated language pack - additional language resources are now included in setup.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed crash during Find Files or Create Library (under some conditions).
  • Fixed hanging up on startup in Windows 7 x64 (under some conditions).

New in FontExpert 11.0 Release 5 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Fixed:
  • Hanging on startup in Windows 7 64-bit, gray splash window remains on screen, the second start is successful (attempt to fix this issue).
  • Redraw of font counters in Details group of Task Panel.

New in FontExpert 11.0 Release 4 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • Fixed:
  • Groups view - selecting items with Ctrl and Shift (an issue in previous release).
  • FontExpert does not start or starts with a big delay under some conditions.

New in FontExpert 11.0 Release 3 (Oct 20, 2012)

  • New:
  • Splash screen.
  • Enhanced:
  • German resources DLL (better translation).
  • Fixed:
  • Slow start under some conditions.

New in FontExpert 11.0 Release 2 (May 3, 2012)

  • New:
  • 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.

New in FontExpert 11.0 Release 1 (Nov 16, 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)

New in FontExpert 10.0 Release 5 (May 15, 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.

New in FontExpert 10.0 Release 4 (Oct 2, 2009)

  • Fixed: Program may start slowly (or Groups view was opening slowly) with several thousands of folders displayed in font groups.
  • Enhanced: Performance enhancements.

New in FontExpert 10.0 Release 3 (Mar 19, 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.

New in FontExpert 10.0 Release 2 (Mar 12, 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.

New in FontExpert 10.0 Release 1 (Dec 15, 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.

New in FontExpert 9.0 Release 5 (Sep 20, 2008)

  • Version 9.0 Release 5
  • In some cases FontExpert started slowly in network environment.
  • Minor issues.

New in FontExpert 2007 9.0 Release 1 (May 28, 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.

New in FontExpert 8.0 Release 2 (Nov 14, 2006)

  • Fixes: Previewed Type 1 bold style fonts appear as italic fonts

New in FontExpert 8.0 (Aug 14, 2006)

  • New Release,
  • Many new features

New in FontExpert 7.0 R4 (Jul 18, 2006)

  • Fixes critical error: Find Fonts feature may crash the program if one pfb-file in search results has two corresponding pfm-files