storytold/vectorcraft v0.12.0

VectorCraft v0.12.0

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What's Changed

• ci: add comfortable runtime limits to unbounded jobs by @skylartaylor in #2077
• Use shared PDF writing and reading with guarded import by @skylartaylor in #1894
• Use the shared PDF writer for export and print composition by @skylartaylor in #1893
• Importers: a PDF dictionary value the reader can't parse no longer crashes the nesting check by @dotCooCoo in #2133
• PDF/.ai import: dictionary values the reader can't parse no longer crash the ink and font scans by @dotCooCoo in #2240
• Importers: PDF streams written inside arrays and dictionaries are checked before they are decoded by @dotCooCoo in #2244
• Numeric fields: a short drag the toolkit counts as a click keeps its caret (#1326) by @vbasky in #1403
• Revolve: smooth vector shading and continuous end caps by @alpha-rock in #1193
• Web: Apple Pencil and touch input (palm rejection, pen pressure with coalesced events) by @gniax in #1740
• Fix #1372: Dimension tool by @osamaamin2011 in #1788
• Add Legacy .ai export (keeps groups and layers) by @danngreen in #1794
• Fix Image Trace adjustment discovery and slider commits by @RICHRAN2030 in #1879
• fix(pdf): collapse Shading match for clippy 1.95 by @Messhias in #2203
• effects: a Transform effect moves and copies a group's images too (#2023) by @midasmatterhorn in #2042
• transform: Transform Again repeats a Transform Each (#1732) by @midasmatterhorn in #2043
• eps: a Large Canvas editing copy is read at the page's scale (#2031) by @midasmatterhorn in #2044
• Part of #1770: the pinned Pathfinder test builds its stars from fixed unit vectors by @dotCooCoo in #1887
• Info panel: scaled type shows its scaled size, as the Character panel does by @marcoarnulfo in #1884
• Place keeps a clipped group's clip by @LloydNicholson in #1472
• Title bar: a move or resize the window manager finished no longer blocks the next one by @giang17 in #2041
• Move dialog: Distance and Angle, linked to Horizontal and Vertical by @marcoarnulfo in #1923
• Align: Distribute follows Align to Artboard by @dotCooCoo in #1885
• Type: a Transform panel edit or a dialog preview while typing keeps what was typed by @marcoarnulfo in #1886
• fix(mcp): discard malformed JSON replies before reusing connections by @euisuh in #1761
• i18n: add the Bulgarian (bg) catalog by @cecobald in #1909
• Accept a negative operand after an operator in field arithmetic by @Silvertree2010 in #2209
• Evaluate * and / left to right in field arithmetic by @Silvertree2010 in #2069
• Apply the sign of a picas+points value to the whole value by @Silvertree2010 in #2022
• Make SVG export of type with control characters well-formed by @Silvertree2010 in #2204
• Fix New Document orientation on category tabs and preset cards by @Silvertree2010 in #2158
• Make New Document preset cards follow the chosen units by @Silvertree2010 in #2176
• fix(G11): Reflect X/Y flip the correct axes (#1910) by @Messhias in #2227
• Fix #2094: Cmd+Shift+O Create Outlines while typing by @Messhias in #2235
• Tests: the Alt-drag tests no longer fail when their documents are made in different seconds by @dotCooCoo in #2118
• Render tests: two moved raster tests no longer run alongside the tests that add fonts by @dotCooCoo in #2114
• Artboards: copied artboards take a free id and keep their own guides by @dotCooCoo in #2055
• Fix #1770: Shape Builder merges leave no spur or split outline when shared edges differ by rounding by @dotCooCoo in #2108
• Type: area type opens and lays out with at most 100 rows and 100 columns by @dotCooCoo in #2109
• Menus: keep scroll bar clear of shortcuts and stop above the status bar (#2086) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #2232
• Effects: type in a group with a geometry effect keeps its transparency, mask, effects and visibility by @dotCooCoo in #2073
• Render: a knockout group drawn over its backdrop counts an element's partial coverage once by @dotCooCoo in #2062
• SVG export: a chosen artboard's file leaves out the art of other artboards inside a shared group by @EricKuck in #2014
• AI import: non-native art stays upright unless its placement mirrors it by @EricKuck in #2015
• AI import: a pattern fill tiles from its tile's lower left, wherever the definition drew the tile by @EricKuck in #2016
• Control bar: buttons isolate the selected object and exit isolation mode by @dotCooCoo in #2258
• Color: Sample Color from Screen picks a color anywhere on the screen by @dotCooCoo in #2257
• Draw Inside: a double-click outside the object returns to Draw Normal by @dotCooCoo in #2256
• Window: Shift+Tab shows and hides the panels but leaves the toolbar and the Control bar by @dotCooCoo in #2254
• Effects: Drop Shadow has Darkness, the object's own colors with black added by @dotCooCoo in #2252
• Swatches: Ctrl/Cmd+Shift-click on New Swatch makes a global process color by @dotCooCoo in #2247
• Pencil and Paintbrush: with Keep selected off, a drawn path is not left selected by @dotCooCoo in #2246
• Transform: Alt+Enter applies a value to a copy of the selection by @dotCooCoo in #2236
• View: Proof Setup simulates tritanopia by @dotCooCoo in #2234
• Pen: the new-path asterisk leaves the pointer once a path is started by @dotCooCoo in #2229
• Variables: Update Data Set writes only the variables the active data set holds by @dotCooCoo in #2226
• Variables: binding errors name the command and say when a layer is hidden by @dotCooCoo in #2250
• Variables: selecting a data set sets the objects inside a group that it shows by @dotCooCoo in #2242
• Print: Print and Print Preview warn when type prints in the fallback font by @dotCooCoo in #2219
• Export Selection: the crop takes in what each object's effects draw by @dotCooCoo in #2215
• Type: type drawn as glyph outlines keeps its underline, stroke weight, gradients and patterns by @dotCooCoo in #2214
• PDF.R1: never panic on a damaged array or dictionary in an imported PDF by @gorkematlyn in #2271
• PDF export: a CMYK page without blending through is an isolated group (#2156) by @thejdubb02 in #2275
• i18n: Russian Isolate and Sublayer rows use Cyrillic letters only by @dotCooCoo in #2261
• Docs: the Print section describes printing through the system's print service by @dotCooCoo in #2255
• PDF: an untitled document saved to a file exports titled after it by @marcoarnulfo in #2198
• Export for Screens: the params text and the format error list every format a row writes by @dotCooCoo in #2183
• Export: the export commands' params and the MCP export tool list the .ai format by @dotCooCoo in #2157
• 3D and Materials: Inflate builds its edge index once by @dotCooCoo in #2155
• Shortcuts: + selects the Add Anchor Point tool (#2142) by @AyberkA0 in #2146
• color.loadProfile: say that a loaded profile lasts for the run (#1955) by @AyberkA0 in #2048
• i18n: the notes for an EPS or .ai whose layers weren't read are translated (#2035) by @AyberkA0 in #2047
• Paint: picking another pattern swatch keeps the pattern transform (#1970) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #1988
• Transform commands: a string for an optional number is an error (#1952) by @switch87 in #1967
• Type: a colour picked while typing keeps what was typed by @marcoarnulfo in #1951
• Part of #1692: Tab in the Color Picker goes through one color model's fields before the next by @dotCooCoo in #1937
• Fix #1692: tabbing through a hex field no longer resets the color by @dotCooCoo in #1939
• Paste in Place: art copied from off the artboards goes back where it was by @marcoarnulfo in #1926
• G1: Fix intermediate overflow in adjoining width adjustments by @sanyamsingh001 in #1920
• Layers: Ctrl/Cmd+Alt-click on an eye switches the other layers between Outline and Preview by @dotCooCoo in #2272
• Type: Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Q resets tracking to 0 and kerning to Auto by @dotCooCoo in #2274
• Properties: the flip buttons keep the reference app's Properties names (#1910) by @bflatastic in #2278
• Open PDFs and .ai files with an image over 256 MB decoded by @Silvertree2010 in #2060
• eps: a layer's own transparency in the editing data is read (#2003) by @midasmatterhorn in #2029
• eps: an opacity mask in the editing data is named, not drawn whole (#2004) by @midasmatterhorn in #2030
• AI import: a clipping path alone in a group clips the clipping group around it by @EricKuck in #2046
• AI import: a drawn look that is an image stands for its object, as one of paths does by @EricKuck in #2050
• AI import: a styled object read in place of its drawn look keeps the transparency written on the look by @EricKuck in #2052
• AI import: a gradient in a pattern's definition is placed from the canvas, as the file's PDF part draws it by @EricKuck in #2058
• AI import: a gradient mesh patch's edges bend through the anchors listed between its corners by @EricKuck in #2051
• .ai import: CMYK images in the editing data keep their ink amounts by @dotCooCoo in #2199
• PDF/.ai import: a .ai whose page has a UserUnit opens with its layers at the page's size by @dotCooCoo in #2129
• PDF/.ai import: spot inks with the same values and different names keep their own swatches by @dotCooCoo in #2218
• PDF import: an axial or radial shading keeps its function's curve when sampled into stops by @EricKuck in #2202
• PDF/.ai import: the PostScript file error names File › Open and File › Place, which read the file by @dotCooCoo in #2149
• Clipboard: a .ai or .ait file copied in a file manager pastes as its art by @dotCooCoo in #2148
• Clipboard: a .svgz file copied in a file manager pastes as its art by @dotCooCoo in #2201
• Templates: Save as Template can also write a PDF-compatible .ait by @dotCooCoo in #2140
• Effect menu: Glowing Edges moves to a Stylize submenu under Raster Effects by @dotCooCoo in #2138
• Color panel: Hide Options comes back after a restart, and ui.colorPanel sets the mode and options by @dotCooCoo in #2136
• Effects: Free Distort's corners are dragged in its dialog by @dotCooCoo in #2134
• Export for Screens: the dialog opens with the Artboard tool's selected artboards checked by @dotCooCoo in #2116
• View: Rotate View turns the view to a preset angle, and view.rotate sets any angle by @dotCooCoo in #2106
• Properties: Edit Artboards renames the active artboard and opens Artboard Options by @dotCooCoo in #2102
• Status bar: the artboard navigator lists the artboards by number and name by @dotCooCoo in #2099
• View: in Presentation Mode, the left and right arrow keys and a click go between artboards by @dotCooCoo in #2093
• Layers: the panel filters its rows by object kind, lock and visibility by @dotCooCoo in #2087
• Artboards: the canvas outlines the active artboard in black by @dotCooCoo in #2068
• Part of #1429: Alt-drags of objects and plane widgets in perspective copy the objects once per drag by @dotCooCoo in #2067
• Type: Auto Size area type in columns usually lays the columns out twice an edit by @dotCooCoo in #2065
• Artboards: Fit to Artwork Bounds and Fit to Selected Art resize the active artboard by @dotCooCoo in #2064
• Render: objects with plug-in effects follow the plug-ins installed by @dotCooCoo in #2063
• CLI: perf --deep reports the peak working set on Windows and the peak resident memory on Linux by @dotCooCoo in #2056
• Effects: Effect › Pathfinder uses the glyph outlines of type in the group by @dotCooCoo in #2039
• Artboards: the options icon and the panel menu open Artboard Options by @dotCooCoo in #2032
• Clipboard: Copy and Cut make the system clipboard's formats on the background thread by @dotCooCoo in #1925
• Effects: Smart Blur's Mode menu has Edge Only and Overlay Edge by @dotCooCoo in #2154
• Effects: Scribble has a Variation for Path Overlap, Curviness and Spacing, and stores 270° as -90° by @dotCooCoo in #2180
• 3D and Materials: twisted walls and bevels are drawn back to front by @dotCooCoo in #2144
• Image Trace: retain tiny components and holes after fitting by @andeecollard in #2012
• Image Trace: preserve thin closed outlines after straightening by @andeecollard in #2025
• Image Trace: keep shared corners identical at nearby junctions by @andeecollard in #2263
• Image Trace: grayscale gradients use grey stops by @andeecollard in #2264
• Image Trace: regression tests for shared boundaries in Abutting traces by @andeecollard in #2265
• Glyphs panel: zoom buttons resize the preview and the step is kept by @turtwig in #1930
• Recolor Artwork from the Contextual Task Bar and the Control bar by @fabian-co in #2079
• Recolor Artwork: library colours apply as their swatches; import a library by @fabian-co in #2080
• Replace a selected image from the Control bar, with its own aspect ratio by @fabian-co in #2081
• Swatches panel follows the selection's swatch by @fabian-co in #2082
• Panel menus light up under the pointer, like the menu bar's by @fabian-co in #2083
• Document Info: Objects gives the paths' total length (#1958) by @AyberkA0 in #2150
• Reveal the active layer in the Layers panel after a canvas selection by @Silvertree2010 in #2085
• View › Hide Template (Cmd+Shift+W): template layers leave the canvas and come back (#2000) by @wstock in #2117
• Canvas: double-clicking type with Direct Selection edits it, and Escape returns to originating tool by @el-j in #1975
• Curvature: each three points follow the circle through them, curved ends (#1236, in part) by @ham9zah in #1949
• G4: keep fullwidth punctuation upright without vertical alternates by @yukincom in #1946
• G6: expose vertical writing in MCP add_text by @yukincom in #1944
• Text: make every supplied font family available to documents by @IanHollow in #2111
• Render, SVG: vello_cpu and usvg without their text features: one skrifa, read-fonts and harfrust fewer in the engine by @lcslrx in #2220
• Text: a bundled-fonts feature (on by default) lets embedders that bring their own fonts leave ours out by @lcslrx in #2027
• feat: move and copy ruler guides and art together when selected by @Muratv07 in #2024
• Windows: a maximized window stays clear of the taskbar by @marcoarnulfo in #1981
• Text: Ctrl+Shift+C aligns centre off the Mac, a double-click on area type's bottom handle turns on Auto Size by @marcoarnulfo in #1947
• vectorcraft --help prints the usage before the app starts (#2110) by @switch87 in #2121
• PDF export: the output intent shares the stream of the profile that tags the colours by @marcoarnulfo in #1962
• Selection-only commands take ids: the objects are selected first (#2130) by @switch87 in #2137
• paint.setFill / setStroke: one gradient across the targets (span: "selection") (#2127) by @switch87 in #2128
• MCP draw_path / draw_shape: dash, cap, join, opacity, name and effects (#2112) by @switch87 in #2124
• MCP command_batch: draw_path and draw_shape run as steps (#2113) by @switch87 in #2125
• Title bar: a double-click on the macOS app bar zooms the window by @marcoarnulfo in #1936
• G13: Object › Intertwine: Make, Edit, Release and the Intertwine tool (#1763) by @switch87 in #2095
• G1: Keep the displayed artboard selected after switching documents by @sanyamsingh001 in #1921
• G11: Preserve gaps when deleting open-path anchors by @sanyamsingh001 in #1982
• G1: Cancel existing-guide drags with Escape by @sanyamsingh001 in #1922
• G11: Asset Export seam regression and supersampled thumbs by @Messhias in #1961
• G1: Add Warp Options controls for live effects by @sanyamsingh001 in #2053
• G5: Symbol Options Registration 9-point grid by @Messhias in #1959
• G6: image variables (VariableKind::Image) by @Messhias in #1908
• G6: dataset CSV import/export by @Messhias in #1929
• G6: graph variables (CSV data merge) by @Messhias in #1941
• G6: action.batch (File › Automate › Batch) by @Messhias in #1938
• G6: document dataset commands and command.batch in MCP guide by @Messhias in #1943
• G16: complete Brazilian Portuguese (pt-br) interface by @Messhias in #1928
• packaging: RPM glibc floor names libm's GLIBC_2.35, so RHEL 9 refuses it by @tydude001 in #1999
• Flatpak: fonts a font manager activates into ~/.fonts are visible by @tastyhub in #2002
• i18n: Swedish (sv) interface translation by @kler in #2139
• Add Greek (el) localization by @Camthalion77 in #2076
• Add Finnish interface language by @Janiz-zzz in #1994
• Docs: the landings of 2026-10-15/16 in the ROADMAP log, and the new languages by @bflatastic in #2304
• Fonts: a removed font that type used leaves the list at the next font scan by @dotCooCoo in #2303
• PDF/.ai import: PDF and .ai files open with the File Info they carry by @dotCooCoo in #2299
• Windows: after a graphics driver crash, the next start leaves that adapter out by @dotCooCoo in #2298
• .ai import: 1-bit RGB and CMYK images in the editing data open in their colors by @dotCooCoo in #2293
• EPS import: CMYK images keep their ink amounts by @dotCooCoo in #2291
• Tests: the PDF import fuzz covers values the reader can't parse and functions inside other objects by @dotCooCoo in #2289
• Export: type copied by a Transform effect that only moves it stays type by @dotCooCoo in #2290
• Fields: unit fields take % in arithmetic, as in 3cm*50% and 50pt+25% by @dotCooCoo in #2288
• Effects: Glass loads its texture from an image file by @dotCooCoo in #2301
• Commands: ids leave out an object listed with a group that holds it, as the selection does by @dotCooCoo in #1889
• Render: the strokes of brush art are no longer drawn with old outlines by @dotCooCoo in #1888
• SVG import: an alpha mask counts by its art's alpha, not its luminance by @marcoarnulfo in #2283
• effects: a Transform effect copies a group's symbol instances too, and stops image copies at MAX_REACH by @guillehr2 in #2280
• Effects: Round Corners also rounds corners where a curve meets a line by @limackk in #2281
• Type: whitespace the primary font doesn't map takes the fallback face too (#1844) by @imachus in #1900
• i18n: the Swatches panel shows the default swatches' names in Japanese by @p0lyg0n in #1912
• G1: align guide snapping and readouts with ruler origin by @sanyamsingh001 in #1918
• G12: Collect for Export on Layers (≡ and row menu) by @Messhias in #1902
• UI: restyled interface by @bflatastic in #2331
• README: new screenshots, with 3D Revolve and Dimension tool showcases by @bflatastic in #2339
• ci: refactor workflows to use storytold/craft-common-actions and add nix check by @dylanmtaylor in #1184
• UI: Classic colour scheme by @bflatastic in #2378
• Contributors: add Marco Arnulfo by @marcoarnulfo in #2316
• i18n(sv): review of the rows drafted for the strings main added by @kler in #2355
• ci: standardize FreeBSD workflow on shared FreeBSD 15.1 action by @dylanmtaylor in #2350
• ci: switch to shared nix workflow from craft-common-actions by @dylanmtaylor in #2347
• Graph Type: the graph kind is a dropdown of the nine types by @marcoarnulfo in #2341
• Font menu: the scroll bar no longer covers the favourite stars (#2277) by @AyberkA0 in #2366
• Keep paragraph styles aligned in Find and Replace with line breaks by @Silvertree2010 in #2363
• Keep Layers panel selection inside the isolated group by @Silvertree2010 in #2356
• MCP: command listings take query, menu and brief (#2173) by @AyberkA0 in #2362
• Isolation mode: a path of the isolated compound path moves on its own by @marcoarnulfo in #2377
• Window menu: a panel's item hides it while it shows and shows it again where it was by @marcoarnulfo in #2371
• .ai import: text on a layer that doesn't print stays on that layer by @dotCooCoo in #2358
• Variables: a quoted text cell in a data set CSV keeps its leading and trailing spaces by @dotCooCoo in #2351
• G1: Image Trace, Crop Image and Expand in the Contextual Task Bar by @VL420 in #2344
• Variables: selecting a data set reports the area type it overflows by @dotCooCoo in #2318
• .ai import: a rotated image in the editing data lands where its raster matrix puts it (#2269) by @switch87 in #2317
• Fix #2120: a nearly level or upright segment still lines up with its other end; Curvature keeps to the extension too by @marcoarnulfo in #2312
• Anchor Point tool: a click on a handle end retracts that handle only by @marcoarnulfo in #2330
• Swatches: Alt-dragging a swatch onto another replaces that swatch's color by @dotCooCoo in #2329
• Cursors: the canvas shows only the system pointer on macOS while another app or a sheet has the focus by @dotCooCoo in #2335
• Window: a second Tab shows only the bars the first Tab hid by @dotCooCoo in #2309
• G1: Remove Anchor Points selects the next anchor (#2241) by @VL420 in #2352
• Rotate View: Escape pressed twice resets a rotated view by @dotCooCoo in #2349
• Align: Distribute Objects uses the spacing value with a key object by @dotCooCoo in #2337
• View: Rotate View to Selection turns the view square to the selected object by @dotCooCoo in #2336
• Transform: Ctrl/Cmd+Enter in W or H scales the selection proportionally by @dotCooCoo in #2313
• Artboards: Fit to Artwork Bounds fits each selected artboard to the art on it by @dotCooCoo in #2315
• PDF export: a page larger than 14,400 pt is written with a UserUnit by @dotCooCoo in #2314
• Type: Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. and , step the font size by five increments by @dotCooCoo in #2381
• Type: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X resets horizontal scale to 100% by @dotCooCoo in #2372
• Shaper: an arrow widget switches a Shaper Group between Face Selection and Construction mode by @dotCooCoo in #2376
• G5: Symbol Options Export Type (Graphic / Movie Clip) by @Messhias in #2374
• Selection: pressing E while dragging a marquee selects only the objects inside it by @dotCooCoo in #2373
• Ellipse: dragging a pie widget on the canvas sets its pie angle by @dotCooCoo in #2370
• Canvas: a right-click on locked objects offers Unlock with each object's name by @dotCooCoo in #2368
• Blob Brush: Keep selected and Merge only with selection options by @dotCooCoo in #2367
• Effects: Effect › Sketch › Halftone Pattern redraws an object through a halftone screen of dots, rings or lines by @marcoarnulfo in #2365
• Rotate View: fitting, the Zoom marquee, canvas guides and the Navigator follow a turned view by @dotCooCoo in #2359
• Simplify: add Corner Point Angle Threshold, Convert to Straight Lines and Show Original Path by @dotCooCoo in #2357
• Canvas: scroll bars along the window's right and bottom edges (#2322) by @marcoarnulfo in #2340
• Select: Update Selection replaces the recalled saved selection with the current selection by @dotCooCoo in #2338
• Type: geometry effects on a type object's own fills and strokes are drawn and exported by @dotCooCoo in #2333
• Export: the art's bounds take in the effects of groups, type and images by @dotCooCoo in #2320
• Effects: Effect › Path › Outline Object turns type into live, editable outlines by @dotCooCoo in #2319
• Print: Print and Print Preview warn about type that doesn't fit its frame by @dotCooCoo in #2308
• Fix #2294: Align Stroke inside or outside on live type by @switch87 in #2297
• Image Trace: retain pieces returning to a junction by @andeecollard in #2205
• Fix Image Trace Noise splitting previously merged regions by @andeecollard in #1368
• Artboard editing: fit on double-click, rename on the canvas, and highlight the active artboard by @turtwig in #2197
• Paragraph: the Hyphenation dialog sets each paragraph's hyphenation limits by @dotCooCoo in #2310
• Export for Screens: batch exporting with name patterns, folders and presets (#1935) by @Gamedirection in #2348
• Portable mode: a portable.txt beside the executable keeps the settings in VectorCraftData (#1366) by @marcoarnulfo in #1406
• Preserve explicit closed flags in DXF SPLINE export by @FredApps in #1319
• Guides: Release Guides turns selected ruler guides into paths by @dotCooCoo in #2386
• Hide Edges: the hidden bounding box, type widget and corner widgets do not answer the pointer by @dotCooCoo in #2385
• Release: VectorCraft v0.12.0 by @bflatastic in #2399

New Contributors

• @gniax made their first contribution in #1740
• @RICHRAN2030 made their first contribution in #1879
• @midasmatterhorn made their first contribution in #2042
• @euisuh made their first contribution in #1761
• @cecobald made their first contribution in #1909
• @Silvertree2010 made their first contribution in #2209
• @gorkematlyn made their first contribution in #2271
• @thejdubb02 made their first contribution in #2275
• @andeecollard made their first contribution in #2012
• @el-j made their first contribution in #1975
• @yukincom made their first contribution in #1946
• @IanHollow made their first contribution in #2111
• @lcslrx made their first contribution in #2220
• @tydude001 made their first contribution in #1999
• @tastyhub made their first contribution in #2002
• @kler made their first contribution in #2139
• @Camthalion77 made their first contribution in #2076
• @Janiz-zzz made their first contribution in #1994
• @guillehr2 made their first contribution in #2280
• @limackk made their first contribution in #2281
• @VL420 made their first contribution in #2344

Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.12.0