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FontExpert 2010

Version 10.0 Release 5
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Note for Registered Users:
The upgrade to FontExpert 2010 version 10.0 Release 5 is free of charge for registered users of FontExpert 2009 version 10.0. License keys ("1A......") are valid for new release.

May 14, 2010.

New Features:

1. New: Program icon.
2. New: Save/Load Workspace - save/restore the layout of docking panes.
3. New: Compare font samples (preview duplicates) in Find Fonts window.
4. New: "Embedding" and "Is Unicode" columns in the Main view and in Find Fonts window.
5. New: "Font contains all the glyphs" advanced search option in Find Fonts window.
6. New: Renaming folders in Folders view.
7. New: Displaying properties of multiple selected items (for Folders view items displayed in the Main view).
8. New: "Add font information to database" menu command in the Main view.
9. New: Database Maintenance: "Remove All Unlinked Files" button.
10. New: Database Maintenance: Files and folders counters.
11. New: Progress bar in Find Fonts window.
12. Enhanced: Reordering columns, save order and column widths in the Main view.
13. Enhanced: Save view type of the Main view (thumbnails, details, etc.)
14. Enhanced: Items in Folders view and Groups view are inserted more quickly.
15. Enhanced: Default algorithm of selecting preferred duplicates in Find Fonts window.
16. Enhanced: Results view in Find Fonts window.
17. Enhanced: Missing Fonts Loader plug-in will search for fonts in Groups more quickly if a font was added to DB.
18. Enhanced: Icon for TTC fonts.
19. Enhanced: FontExpertKnownFonts.xml has been updated; now includes the information about Windows Vista and Windows 7 fonts.
20. Other new features and improvements.
21. Fixed: DB Search was not able to find fonts that were copied to Font Library.
22. Fixed: Program crash during drag and drop in Groups view.
23. Fixed: Create Album failed to create font samples if the font samples property page was not displayed at least once.
24. Fixed: Program stopped responding after deletion of a folder which files were displayed in Worklist.
25. Fixed: Crash in HTML Album when creating more than 4000-5000 font samples.
26. Fixed: Crash when HomeGroup item was selected in Folders view (Windows 7).
27. Fixed: Restore from Backup (Vista) - fonts were copied to Fonts folder but not installed in registry.
28. Fixed: Raster fonts (.FON) with OS/2 resource type were not recognized.
29. Fixed: Empty folders in Groups view were displayed with [+] button.
30. Fixed: Groups view: now folders are sorted/displayed above neighboring fonts in the list.
31. Other minor fixes.
Other Resources:

FontExpert 2010 version 10.0 Help (On-Line)

FontExpert 2010 version 10.0 Manual (PDF)

Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign provided with FontExpert:

Missing Fonts Loader Plug-ins

Version 10.0 Release 4

Note for Registered Users:
The upgrade to version 10.0 Release 4 is free of charge for registered users of FontExpert 2009 version 10.0, but it will require re-activation with your license key ("1A......").

October 2, 2009.

Features included in Release 4:

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

Features included in Release 3:

1. 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.
2. Enhanced: Minor performance enhancements.
Features included in Release 2:

1. Enhanced drawing when scrolling fonts in the Main view.
2. Fixed: Printing Fonts - printed output moved up and left after printing each page.
3. Fixed minor issue: Backup reminder displayed reminder message again on the day of the last backup.
4. Support to new application language: Czech.

New features included in Release 1:

1. Create Font Library feature classifies fonts and organizes folders by font family classes.
2. Backup/Restore FontExpert database (with keywords and categories) and Font Groups.
Allows to exchange backup between XP and Vista computers.
3. New printing and print preview with customizable reports.
4. Enhanced Export to HTML feature creates A-Z html album, supports drop shadow in font samples.
5. 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).
6. Better performance when processing large number of fonts.
7. "Foundry" and "Vendor ID" columns in the Main View (Details view type).
8. "Family Style" column in Find Fonts... results list and in the Windows Fonts view.
9. Better detection of Windows font source files (Show Source Files of Windows Font)
10. Support to raster fonts (.fon) created in new Portable Executable File Format.
11. Anti-aliased drawing of font samples.
12. "Sort by" context menu command (sort by Foundry, By Location, etc.) in the Main View.
13. Fixed: Macintosh OpenType/TrueType fonts with the only Macintosh character set
were previewed incorrectly and were drawn as Arial.
14. Other enhancements.
15. Minor issues were fixed.
16. Now FontExpert does not require to start it "As Administrator" on Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64 Edition.

Version 10.0 Release 3 March 19, 2009.

New Features:

1. 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.
2. Enhanced: Minor performance enhancements.

Version 10.0 Release 2 March 5, 2009.

New features:

1. Enhanced drawing when scrolling fonts in the Main view.
2. Fixed: Printing Fonts - printed output moved up and left after printing each page.
3. Fixed minor issue: Backup reminder displayed reminder message again on the day of the last backup.
4. Support to new application language: Czech.

Version 10.0 Release 1 December 14, 2008.

New features:

1. Create Font Library feature classifies fonts and organizes folders by font family classes.
2. Backup/Restore FontExpert database (with keywords and categories) and Font Groups.
Allows to exchange backup between XP and Vista computers.
3. New printing and print preview with customizable reports.
4. Enhanced Export to HTML feature creates A-Z html album, supports drop shadow in font samples.
5. 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).
6. Better performance when processing large number of fonts.
7. "Foundry" and "Vendor ID" columns in the main view (Details view type).
8. "Family Style" column in Find Fonts... results list and in the Windows Fonts view.
9. Better detection of Windows font source files (Show Source Files of Windows Font)
10. Support to raster fonts (.fon) created in new Portable Executable File Format.
11. Anti-aliased drawing of font samples.
12. "Sort by" context menu command (sort by Foundry, By Location, etc.) in the main view.
13. Fixed: Macintosh OpenType/TrueType fonts with the only Macintosh character set
were previewed incorrectly and were drawn as Arial.
14. Other enhancements.
15. Minor issues were fixed.
16. Now FontExpert does not require to start it "As Administrator" on Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64 Edition.

FontExpert 2007

Version 9.0 Release 6
November 30, 2008

Fixed:
1. Fixed: Tools/Options pages were not displayed correctly with "Large Fonts" system display setting.
2. Minor issues.

Version 9.0 Release 5 March 26, 2008

Fixed:
1. In some cases FontExpert started slowly in network environment.
2. Minor issues.

Version 9.0 Release 4 January 19, 2008

Fixed:
1. Disabled icons on toolbars may be displayed as black.
2. FontExpert may display error-log dialog at the next start after Windows restart (although there were no errors).
3. Text Samlpe may not save custom text for "My Text Sample" when the view losses input focus.

Version 9.0 Release 3 December 4, 2007

Fixed:
1. FontExpert may enter endless loop after deletion of a folder in Folders view.
2. FontExpert incorrectly allowed to give folder a name with the space character at the end.
3. Copying lots of fonts from one folder to another may take a long time.
4. After moving a font to a new folder the main view scrolled to the top of listing.
5. Starting drag and drop operation in the main view cleared the selection in the listing.
6. Other minor issues.

Version 9.0 Release 2
October 29, 2007

New Features:
1. Minor enhancements in DB Search view
(And/Or conditions for keywords and categories).

2. Support to Italian language resources.

Version 9.0 Release 1 May 26, 2007

1. New Features:

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;

2. Many errors reported for version 8.0 have been fixed.

Version 8.0 Release 5
May 8, 2007
Fixed critical error: Program may crash on raster .FON file having no file version information.

Version 8.0 Release 4
February 24, 2007
Fixed: Can't install/uninstall PS fonts in Vista x64 edition.
Fixed: Printing: Program may crash when prints or previews a lot of fonts and Condensed or Text Samples report is selected.
Fixed: Copy as Vector Image feature copied incorrect symbol if it's Unicode # was greater than 255. The algorithm used to draw the vector image has been enhanced.
New feature: Copy as Vector Image with design points.
The support to Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0 has been discontinued. (Use earlier versions of FontExpert.)

Version 8.0 Release 3
New features: Support to Portuguese language; "Embedding Rights" property of OpenType and TrueType files (displayed in Properties view).
Fixes: Drawing errors in "Views on Tabs" workspace mode with unpinned docking views.

Version 8.0 Release 2 Fixes the error: Previewed Type 1 bold style fonts appear as italic fonts.

Version 8.0 Release 1 New features:

- Activate Fonts Temporarily command
- Group states and font states in Groups and Font Faces view
- All Defined Characters selection in Characters Table view
- Kerning in Text Sample view
- Missing Fonts Loader Plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS2
- Support to font Family names and font Versions was enhanced in many places
- Go to Source File command
- Show Source Files and Show Kerning Pairs commands
- Startup wizard (for new users)
- Task Panel
- Show Installed Fonts and Show Activated Fonts windows
- Known Fonts XML file (supported in Show Installed Fonts window)
- Many errors (reported for version 7.0) were fixed

Version 7.0 Release 4

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

Version 7.0 Release 3 Support to Korean language; Fixed errors: Printing special fields in header and footer, Removing duplicated PostScript fonts from Find Fonts results list.

Version 7.0 Release 2 Support to German language; Fixed error: The parameter is incorrect (East Asian languages).

Version 7.0 Release 1 New features: Search for duplicates, search for corrupted and incomplete fonts, Advanced search options; Export Fonts to HTML page feature; Font Faces view can display custom samples, supports font smoothing (anti-aliasing) and Unicode; Text Sample window supports Unicode; Rename Font Files feature; One-click installation of selected fonts; Uninstall to Group feature; Workspace views now are docking panes; Other new features; Many defects were fixed.

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