Changes in 6.0
Note: this is a major release due to the change in postscript naming structure. Each font now uses abbreviations for Semibold, ExtraLight and Medium (SmBld, ExtLt, and Medm respectively).
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.3] - 2021-08-13
Added
- U+2500-U259F Box drawing characters and block elements
referenced in issue 93 - U+2032 (PRIME) U+2033 (DOUBLE PRIME)
referenced in issue 145 - glyphs /acaron /acaron.alt01 /icaron /ocaron /ucaron /udieresismacron /udieresisacute /udieresisgrave /udieresiscaron /Acaron /Icaron /Ocaron /Ucaron /Udieresismacron /Udieresisacute /Udieresisgrave /Udieresiscaron to support pinyin
referenced in issue 84 - U+017F (LONG S)
referenced in issue 158 - U+00A4 (CURRENCY SIGN) U+2215 (DIVISION SLASH)
referenced in issue 280
Fixed
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330 - PostScript BlueScale values
Changed
- more distinct shape for /a and related characters in italic styles
- more distinct shape for /r and related characters
- more distinct shape for /asciitilde
referenced in issue 322 - replaced commaaccent with cedilla in glyphs /Tcedilla /tcedilla
referenced in issue 251 - disabled bit 38 (Mathematical Operators) from OS/2 UnicodeRanges
[IBM PLEX SANS JP V1.0] - 2021-06-18
Added
- Support for Japanese (9505 glyphs per font)
[IBM PLEX SANS DEVANAGARI V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS THAI V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS THAI LOOPED V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.2] - 2021-05-28
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS V3.3] - 2021-05-28
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SERIF V2.7] - 2021-05-28
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS ARABIC V1.2] - 2021-02-14
Added
- Glyphs /alefMaksura_zain-ar.fina.rlig /alefMaksura_zain-ar.fina.rlig.short /alefMaksura_jeh-ar.fina.rlig /alefMaksura_jeh-ar.fina.rlig.short /alefMaksura_noon-ar.fina.rlig
Fixed
- Mark placement on alternative form of /kaf
referenced in issue 284 - Multiple spacing issues including /lam_meem ligatures
- PostScript BlueScale values
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
Changed
- included logographs are not used by default anymore but can be activated through OpenType layout feature "dlig"
referenced in issue 336 - abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
Removed
- Glyphs /tteh_reh-ar.fina.short /tteh_zain-ar.fina.short /tteh_rreh-ar.fina.short /tteh_jeh-ar.fina.short
[IBM PLEX SANS HEBREW V1.3] - 2020-12-04
Fixed
- placement of dot in glyph /lamed_holam-hb
- placement of dot in glyph /lamed_dagesh_holam-hb
- metrics of /resh-hb
referenced in issue 343 - metrics of /tav-hb
- PostScript BlueScale values
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability