Please note if you downloaded before 21-June-19, there is a minor error in the beta6 release. Please edit your main MacType.ini file and delete the svchost.exe entry, then restart your computer (or simply re-download and install the post 21-June version). We apologise for the inconvenience.
Hi, we're pleased to announce the next official beta of MacType. This is mainly a bugfix release, and should be the last beta before the release (2019.1).
Install: MacTypeInstaller_2019.1-beta6.exe
New Installer - Important!
The new installer will uninstall any old MacType packages, and clean up MacType-Patch and other test versions. This includes profiles, so please backup your profiles!
If you experience any problem with this release please search Issues and log a new Issue if need be. Thanks for your support!
Fixes/new features since beta5:
- Added font inclusion (see below)
- Improved loader (Works for Ableton and many more applications that previous would crash MacType due to a Windows 10 security enhancement)
- Improved font identification, a better way to distinguish some malformed font names
- Updated to latest FreeType 2.10.0
- Updated to latest EasyHook 2.7.6789.0
- Windows 8/8.1 compatibility improved
- Windows XP/2003 compatibility improved (yes we still support 32-bit XP/2003!)
- MacTray now has a bug report system (see below)
- The new installer now cleans up files in Program Files (x86) it was missing
- MacType Updater is now working
- MacTray.exe now properly detects if MacType is running in Service Mode, and opens the Wizard instead of MacTray
- Added a new Profile thanks to @ChicoThorn, designed to work at 117% screen scaling
Font inclusion
As requested! 😊 To use the new font inclusion feature, add the font name(s) under the [Include] section and only those specified font(s) will be rendered. If a font is both "Included" and "Excluded", it will be excluded. If nothing is specified under [Include] or the section doesn't exist, font inclusion is disabled.
Why have we added font inclusion? Well first of all because it was requested... But also if you run a complex Windows environment, whitelisting (or including) several fonts, gives you a lot more control over things than excluding potentially hundreds of fonts.
MacTray bug report
This allows you to save a bug report instead of sending it currently, and gives you the info we need to help find and fix bugs more easily.
UWP apps
UWP stands for Universal Windows Application. MacType works for all native UWP apps, but not for apps converted from the old Win32 applications.
Thanks for your support and feedback, here's to better font rendering for Windows! 😊