Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change log follows the conventions of keepachangelog.com.

0.1.0 — 2026-03-16

Initial release.

Font Parsing

• Full FIGfont Version 2 header parsing: signature, hardblank, height, baseline, max-length, Old_Layout, comment lines, print direction, Full_Layout, and codetag count
• Layout parameter interpretation for both Old_Layout and Full_Layout, including all horizontal and vertical mode/rule combinations
• Required character set: ASCII 32–126 plus 7 Deutsch characters (196, 214, 220, 228, 246, 252, 223)
• Code-tagged characters with decimal, octal, and hexadecimal code formats
• Endmark stripping per the FIGfont spec

Rendering

• All three horizontal layout modes: full width, fitting (kerning), smushing
• All six horizontal smushing rules:
  1. Equal character smushing
  2. Underscore smushing
  3. Hierarchy smushing
  4. Opposite pair smushing
  5. Big X smushing
  6. Hardblank smushing
• Universal smushing when no controlled rules are specified
• Hardblank handling: treated as visible during horizontal layout, rendered as spaces in final output
• Missing-character fallback to code 0

Bundled Fonts

• 10 fonts included in resources/fonts/: standard, small, big, slant, banner, block, shadow, lean, mini, ivrit

Not Yet Implemented

• Vertical fitting and smushing
• Right-to-left print direction
• Control file (.flc) processing
• Word wrapping