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We frequently release changes to the platform, and infrequently document select changes here.

April 3, 2024

(Fontdue.js) Character Viewer updates

Added lines showing the vertical metrics for glyphs
Added “Glyph name” (extracted from the font) as well as “Unicode name” from the unicode data
Removed obsolete “HTML Entity” line: users should encode their web pages as “utf-8” and copy/paste relevant characters. Only a few characters must be encoded as entities (&, <, “) and web authoring tools handle this automatically
Updated the Webfont CSS to add ascent-override , descent-override and line-gap-override to match the hhea vertical metrics. This harmonizes text layout across browsers and makes drawing these lines possible. We refer to the hhea metrics (instead of OS/2 typo) metrics because Safari does not support the overrides, and it refers to the hhea metrics.

March 7, 2024

Updated the Orders search function to be much more inclusive, and also search on the customer’s name & email values
Fixed errors when order item descriptions are too long (increased the max allowed length of a description)
(Fontdue.js) Fixed the standalone Type Tester component to ensure it respects the config initialAlignment value
Fixed error when trying to create new licenses “from scratch”
Added Kosovo (XK) to the list of valid countries
Improved reliability of validating VAT numbers with the VIES system, by implementing better retries and increasing the possible waiting time

November 30, 2023

Added functionality to allow coupons to be limited to particular products

Fixed loading UI font for the Store Modal when it is set to “hidden”
Added the Description field to Licenses. This allows you to add some additional text below the license selection
(Fontdue.js) Fixed the Newsletter Signup component not accepting attributes
Updated our Markdown implementation to allow <script> tags to be emitted in the HTML
Added the “delete” button to an empty superfamily collection
Fixed some usability issues with the Bundles and Related collections components in the Font collection admin
(Fontdue.js) Fixed an issue with incorrect prices during license selection on initial load

October 25, 2023

(Fontdue.js) In the Store Modal component, we made a couple of key improvements to the user experience of selecting fonts to add to the cart. Selected items are now represented with a check, and the price of selected items is no longer shown which could previously be confusing in the presence of discounts. We’ve also introduced a subtle change to indicate bundle pricing with a + symbol. We calculate when selecting an item would result in bundle savings, and show the bundle price relative to the selection.

Fixed favicon generator integration
Fixed an issue where deleting all font styles from a collection causes a broken state. It’s now no longer possible to delete a Font Style if it’s the only one attached to a collection, you must delete the entire family instead
Fixed an issue with empty Superfamily editor pages being broken. The page will now direct you to add subfamilies via the “New font collection” page
Added a field to the Company information form for a “c/o” line, which will display within the address
(GraphQL) Added the taxRate field to Order
(Fontdue.js) Updated the cart and checkout totals information to include tax rate as a percentage (this was already present on receipts and invoices)
Fixed an error when extracting name information from some fonts
(Fontdue.js) Fixed default text alignment for “Right-to-left” type testers
(GraphQL) Added tags to Page
Fixed the new OT features dropdown in Safari
Fixed an issue rendering some icons in Safari

September 1, 2023

Fixed an issue adding related font collections to an article
Fixed an issue showing orders index in Safari
Updated onboarding for Stripe payments to latest convention
We now disallow WOFF and WOFF2 files when uploading new fonts, they must be added to styles after uploading at least a source OTF/TTF file
Added Actions tab to the Font Collection editor with a new Turn into superfamily action

August 4, 2023

Improvements to font collection type testers editor performance
Improved Coupon expiry with date picker component; ensure that the time picked is in the site’s timezone
Improved Test Fonts Downloads index page performance
Fixed an issue where sometimes Test Fonts downloads were not being recorded
Orders index: performance improvements when filtering over a large list of orders using a virtualized list; improved layout and display of totals
Customer index: added filtering & search, and virtualized list for performance
Added the Rebuild ZIP Archives button to batch-rebuild order archives
Added a way to filter articles by tag in the admin index
Coupons can now be set to have unlimited uses
Implemented Article scheduling: articles with a Published time in the future are now hidden until that time
Improved Order refunds: refunded orders are more visible in the order index; customer access to refunded order files is now revoked; order totals now exclude refunded orders; added the Refunded column to the CSV and included currency on relevant columns
Added ability to edit Customer names & emails
Improvements to the performance of the Font Collection editor
Fixed a Stripe issue in the checkout with countries that don’t use postal codes

July 10, 2023

Improved standalone TypeTester component support for variable fonts, with new fields for axes, variable-settings and features-selected
HTML entered in the HTML Head setting is now added to the order confirmation page
CharacterViewer: extra-wide glyphs can now take up more than one square of space
fontdue-js React components v2: a major change to support React 18, React Server Components and Next.js’s new App Router. The new version now uses Suspense for data fetching (via Relay) which means Fontdue components can now be fully pre-rendered on the server. We’ve written a new guide for getting started with Fontdue and Next.js App Router including a functional example repo based on our template that you can use as a basis for your foundry site.
Test Fonts improvements: you can now customize the font name suffix (e.g. Test → Trial), and you can now use the value * to include all characters and features instead of only a subset. Test fonts now regenerate more often (whenever you add, delete, or edit font collections) and will no longer be unavailable while being regenerated.
(GraphQL) Added uiFontStyleBold to Settings
Fixed an issue extracting font features with some fonts that don’t have a DFLT script
Limits for image uploads can now be configured (please get in touch if you need to increase your limit)
Added tenant (store) name to the Stripe metadata
Fixed an issue where order descriptions were too sometimes long for Stripe metadata, we now truncate the description to 1000 characters
CharacterViewer: Updated Unicode blocks data to the latest version
Uploading a font will now show an error if the font name is not convertible to a URL-friendly slug
Fixed an issue getting characters for the CharacterViewer from rare GSUB features
Demo template will now show more than 9 articles on the articles index
(GraphQL) Added htmlHead field to Settings

June 7, 2023

(GraphQL) Added logo field on Viewer
(GraphQL) Added the designer field on Slug
(Template) Omit the buy button if a collection is not purchasable nor any of its descendants
The “Webfonts” tab for variable fonts now lists all the appropriate CSS code for each named instance
Customer’s name & email is now prefilled in the Billing and Licensee steps
(Fontdue.js) Added new fontdue-* attribute API that allows you to add Fontdue functionality to your own elements, instead of using the Fontdue elements

Added “Widget codes” tab to the Font Collection admin page where you can find the IDs used for this new API, as well as easily grabbing the other element codes

Fixed unpredictable ordering of font collections in cases where the order hasn’t been chosen via drag and drop. They would previously reorder when you edited any item, but now they’ll stay in their original order

April 19, 2023

Added support for selecting features in each type tester editor, so those features are selected by default
Fixed character viewer layout when the metadata column contains too many characters
Fixed issue where character viewer was showing invalid data, in cases where glyphs are only activated when multiple features are enabled. We don’t have a way to show these glyphs yet, so we omit them for now
Fixed stylistic set name encoding
Fixed an issue in the character viewer where each group of characters was missing the first character
Fixed an issue where calculated font data (character set, features, etc) was stale after replacing a font file
Fixed an issue downloading order CSVs over a large range where Stripe data was missing

March 27, 2023

Added support for collecting VAT in the UK

This involved some changes that affect tax collection in other regions for more correctness. Now, if a customer is outside of any region where you collect tax, the tax line will be omitted instead of recorded as zero

Added support for MP4 files in Image fields. We recommend using MP4 files instead of animated GIFs. You must optimize these files yourself, and they’re currently limited to 5mb in most fields
Fixed an issue rendering fonts in the Store Modal

February 20, 2023

Rewrote our invoice PDF tool

They are now PDF-only (there’s no more HTML page with a “print” button)
They now support multiple pages, with page numbers and invoice number in the page footer
They have a new limitation which is your logo must now be PNG, as SVGs are not supported. The website logo field is now restricted to PNG uploads
Your logo is now displayed at a consistent size. It will be displayed at half size (2x) on screens, and 300ppi on the invoice PDF
There is a new “Bold” UI Font Style option in the website settings that is now used for headings in the PDF, and may be used more in other components in the future

Fixed issue downloading order CSVs files in rare cases where billing information email is not available (e.g. in imported orders)
Fixed an issue during checkout preventing the “Submit payment” button from completing the payment
Added “Font types” option to the Test Fonts so you can now include webfont files with your test fonts

January 19, 2023

Updated the error message for the VAT field during the checkout process to clarify when the VIES service has returned an error instead of saying “invalid”
Updated the “View site” link in the dashboard to go to your site’s URL when it’s entered in the Website settings
Fixed the filtering and ordering of the “incomplete orders” page in the dashboard
Fixed the Stripe Charge ID column in the orders CSV
(GraphQL) Querying a FontStyle’s family will now resolve even if it’s marked “hidden” (this is useful for using a “hidden” font for the site UI)
(Fontdue.js) Fixed issues in the Store Modal navigating to the wrong screen in some cases
(Fontdue.js) Added the indexExcludeTags option to the Store Modal config

December 13, 2022

Updated the Store Modal experience and Stripe integration to allow foundries to accept payment methods other than credit cards. You may enable payment methods you wish to accept in your Stripe dashboard.

A guide to payment methods

As online tools make it easier to connect with global customers, more and more businesses are selling overseas. In fact, a Stripe study found that 70% of online businesses are selling internationally today.

stripe.com

Fixed an issue downloading invoice PDFs in test mode
Fixed invoices inheriting the website customization settings, they are now black on white
Customer dashboard page now respects the website theme settings
Logos on invoices and receipts now respect the dimensions of the uploaded website logo (downscaled 2x)
(GraphQL) Added the uiFont fields to Settings
(GraphQL) Added updatedAt to FontCollection
Added “Net” column to order CSV (the amount received after fees are deducted)
Fixed an issue preventing GST calculation in Canada
Fixed the CharacterViewer not loading webfonts appropriately
Fixed Store Modal not working when a Stripe account hasn’t been connected yet (adds a message to connect your Stripe account)
(GraphQL) Added description and faviconMarkup to the Settings

October 26, 2022

Added a “VAT not applicable” setting for foundries in the EU that are exempt from collecting VAT, and an optional field to add a label on invoices
Fixed an issue preventing deleting Designers
Test fonts packages are now regenerated whenever a Font Collection is added, created or deleted
Invoices now correctly exclude physical address if the setting is turned off in the Receipt settings
Adds the “Reverse charge” label to relevant VAT invoices

September 28, 2022

Added support for variable fonts. Read more over on our guide:

Variable fonts

Fontdue automatically detects if your font is a variable font, and is generally treated the same as a traditional Family , with a few notable differences: The variable font Family is marked in the admin with the VAR tag When creating type testers for variable fonts, you may choose to expose Variable Axes to users.

docs.fontdue.com

Fixed an issue preventing cards requiring 3D secure authentication from completing purchase
Increased the max size of PDFs to 10mb
Fixed address formatting for some countries
Added a setting to exclude company physical address on receipt emails (in Receipt settings)
Fixed an issue preventing customers from download their order ZIP
Fixed issues preventing the Test Fonts archive from generating when there’s a font causing errors

July 25, 2022

Adds an “Edit order details” button to the order page. You may update billing/licensee information in case a customer requests a change or made an error during checkout. This also creates a workaround for an issue where a font collection is deleted when there are existing orders for that font. You can now edit the existing orders to point to new fonts.
Fix tags filtering to be inclusive when specifying multiple tags

June 27, 2022

Added a search field to the orders index page in the admin. This is currently limited to searching the text within billing and licensee info, and within the specified date range
Added customer login for customers to retrieve their orders. This includes a new form component for customers to enter the email address. When they submit, they receive an email with a link to a new Fontdue-hosted customer dashboard page

(Fontdue.js) Added a new CustomerLoginForm component
(Template) Added a “Log in” link to the header and a new page with the login form
Added customer dashboard page which lists the customer’s orders with links to view the invoice and download the font files

June 15, 2022

(Fontdue.js) Added lineHeight option to the Type Tester config to add a line height slider
(Fontdue.js) Moved the type tester configs for min and max to new size config, with configurable label (this adds a new “Size” label for the size slider which can be disabled)
(Fontdue.js) Adds interactionStyle config option for the Type Tester OpenType features. The new select style is a select-box option allowing the user to select one feature at a time
(Fontdue.js) StoreModal: Made improvements to the layout including mobile layout adjustments and moving page headings to the top navigation
(Fontdue.js) Store Modal: Styles that don’t have a price associated will now appear in the pre-cart step (they’re included as part of the collection purchase). They’re not clickable but they’ll show as selected when the parent collection is selected
(Fontdue.js) Store Modal: Collections that don’t have a price associated will now appear as non-interactive headings for the list of styles
(Fontdue.js) Newsletter Signup: Added Newsletter success label to the Labels settings to replace the default “Success!” message
Added a button to “re-enable” coupons that have been disabled
(Fontdue.js) Fixed Character Viewer component rendering of whitespace characters
(Fontdue.js) Fixed some issues with button colors in the pre cart
Fixed an error creating webfonts when the Website title setting has non-ascii characters. The webfonts process now inserts the Company name field (rather than the Website title) and strips non-ascii characters (it also converts accented characters to non-accented, e.g. á → a)
Fixed deleting slugs
Fixed the HTML preview for Articles breaking the page layout when you enter an HTML open tag (this change replaced our Markdown parser, which may include some breaking changes to rendering. The new parser is cmark)
Fixed an issue getting stylistic set names for Type Testers OT features
Fixed an issue rendering Minisite URL buttons in the template (the field must be validated now)
Fixed an issue adding items to carts that contain “ghost products” (collections/styles which have had their price removed)
Fixed an issue in the cart for licenses with “text” variables where the user’s text is cleared after adding new items to the cart
Fixed an issue with invalid license URLs showing an error instead of not found
Fixed an issue with CharacterViewer and fonts with no GSUB table

April 27, 2022

Fontdue.js components for React are now available on NPM 🚀

fontdue-js

This package exports Fontdue.js components for React projects. Wrap the root of your project with the FontdueProvider component. For example in a Next.js app, add it to your _app.tsx. Replace the url property with your Fontdue store URL. Render the StoreModal component so that is it available on every page.

www.npmjs.com

We wrote a guide for building your Fontdue site with Next.js
Added the Published at field to Articles, which sort in reverse-chronological order

Fixed the Select/Buy button in the Standalone type tester component correctly opening the appropriate product
Fixed an issue with the Select/Buy button on type testers opening the appropriate superfamily instead of the family
Added support for GST in Canada. GST/HST is collected automatically for foundries with their company address set to Canada
(Template) Added sitemap.xml

April 1, 2022

(Fontdue.js) Added new Character Viewer component

(Fontdue.js) Added config for type tester OT Features, allowing for better control over the columns layout and feature names
(Fontdue.js) Added text alignment buttons to type testers, can be enabled via a new config option
(Fontdue.js) Added new toolsPosition: 'floating' config for the Type Testers, where one toolbar (fixed to the viewport) controls the currently selected type tester
(GraphQL) Added fontCollectionsTags field to Viewer, a list of all tags across collections

March 11, 2022

Added support for GST in Australia
The Type Tester OT Features panel now animates as it opens
The Store Modal now animates as it opens
Clicking the Buy Button no longer automatically selects the entire family/superfamily in the store modal

February 8, 2022

(Template) Autoplay the image carousel
(Template) Adjust font detail layout
(Template) Added Fonts link to the nav (if there are more than one font collection)
Added the Footer text field to website settings (displayed on the template)
(Fontdue.js) Added the checkboxStyle config option for “cross” style checkboxes instead of the default check icon
(Fontdue.js) Added button-label field to the Newsletter Signup

December 7, 2021

Added the Subsetter features field to the Test Fonts settings

Added drag + drop image support to Page text, with preview
Added tags to Pages
Added SEO metadata fields
(Fontdue.js) Components are now rendered using MutationObserver, allowing them to be used within (for example) Vue.js
(Fontdue.js) Added the opt-in-checkbox-checked field to the Newsletter Signup, and newsletter-checkbox-checked to the Test Fonts Form
(Fontdue.js) Added the download-label field to Test Fonts Form
(Fontdue.js) Fixed an issue rendering two of the same element on the page
(Fontdue.js) Fixed an issue where the type tester is re-rendered with a different font collection
Fixed an issue with coupon error messaging
Fixed issue ordering article images

October 20, 2021

Added the Deploy hook URL field to Website settings to for static site generation

Added validation to ensure license variables with the Text type contain text during checkout
(Fontdue.js) Added autofitOnChange config property to Type Tester component
(GraphQL) Uploaded images now have their dimensions stored and exposed
(GraphQL) Added articles field to the FontCollection type
Fixed store modal style selection when superfamily does not have a price
Fixed an issue ordering styles in the store modal product page

September 17, 2021

Added Webfonts tab to the Family dashboard, where you can find webfonts codes

Added drag + drop image support to Article body as well as the Preview tab
Allowed site labels (set in Settings) to be markdown/HTML
Fixed an issue getting sales tax rates for ZIP+4 codes
Fixed an issue preventing order zip download during checkout
Fixed z-index issue in the type tester

August 31, 2021

🚀 Soft launch!

Enabled public sign up for free trial
Added link to GraphQL playground in the dashboard nav
Initial work to support font versions
Added Design year field to font collections
Fixed an issue with the Languages field and newline separators
Added tags support for type testers
Images in articles can now be tagged and sorted
Added URL option for email receipts

June 28, 2021

New experimental UX for tags input on font collections form

New UX for picking related font collections

(GraphQL) Fixed the Artlcle slug field
Fixed an issue editing license variables
Fixed an issue where hidden font collections were appearing in the test fonts archive
Fixed the Coupons section for users without a timezone set
Fixed an issue adding licenses with no variables to the cart
Fixed an issue where widgets don't display correctly on Laytheme
Updated the behavior of the autofit attribute on the Type Tester widget. Now when a user edits the content, the widget doesn't keep trying to autofit on every keystroke.

May 11, 2021

Fixed an issue saving updates in the Font Collections admin
Increased the max allowed font styles
Fixed an issue showing webfonts in the admin
Fixed an issue adding new type tester content

April 19, 2021

The UK is no longer an option in the EU VAT system
(GraphQL) Adds featureCharacters to FontSyle: preliminary support for exposing glyphs in the font that are substituted when features are active.

March 29, 2021

(Fontdue.js) Adds a standalone Type Tester widget to fontdue.js

<fontdue-type-tester
  family-name="My Font Family"
  style-name="Bold"
  font-size="96"
  line-height="1.5"
  content="The quick brown fox.."
  features="onum,tnum,frac,smcp,c2sc,ss01,ss02"
  autofit="true"
></fontdue-type-tester>

Improvements to performance and reliability of Invoice PDF generation
Fixed a rare issue where customers are charged twice for a single order
Added link field to Images (only editable on Font Collections)
Added "optimistic" locking mechanism to prevent users from writing over each others' changes in the admin
Fixed an issue with the Type Tester autofit behavior within Semplice templates
Fixed issues when reordering the Table license variable type columns
(GraphQL) Added characterBlocks to Font Style. This contains a list of all available unicode characters, grouped by Unicode Block
(GraphQL) Added separator argument to languages so you can specify either WHITESPACE (default) or COMMA which allows language names to contain whitespace

January 27, 2021

Adds ability to filter orders list by Font Collection, and improves the layout of the orders list
Adds totals for the orders list, along with the "filtered total" when a font collection is selected
Invoice links which have expired now allow the user to resend the receipt to their email, with a fresh invoice & download link
Adds drag + drop file upload for font files, images and PDFs
Update coupon expiry UX – select a date for the coupon to expire, or select "never" (default)
Adds "Test mode" – a playground for testing content as well as the checkout experience. Put through test payments using Stripe's test cards
Improvements to Type Tester component

November 23, 2020

Added Tags to Font collections
Updated to fields where we collect contact information (Test Fonts Form; Newsletter Form; Checkout) to have consistent labels and placeholder text
Updated checkbox icon when selecting licenses to include a check mark
Fixed an error when removing discount from cart, when you click the button more than once
Receipt emails

By default, we'll now send Receipt emails automatically for new foundries, which will come from fontdue.com, like so:

From: Example Type Foundry via Fontdue <receipts@fontdue.com>

To: Customer Name <customer@example.com>

Reply-to: Example Type Foundry <contact@exampletype.com>

If you prefer to have emails send from your own domain, get in touch with us to set up domain name authentication (if you're already sending from your own domain, that won't change)

November 13, 2020

New Font collections form user experience

Drag + drop image upload & PDF upload
Images are now sortable, with a new UX for entering tags and a description
Improved slug UX
New UX for selecting Type tester OpenType features
New UX for selecting Bundles Font styles

Drag + drop to sort Font collections on the index page
Added Newsletter Form widget to fontdue.js
Added Cart indicator color option to Theme customization settings
Pages in the admin now have appropriate HTML titles
Added optional features to Type Tester widget:

autofit option to automatically fit text on one line
truncate option to hide overflowing lines

Bug fixes and performance improvements to the Font Collections editor

September 29, 2020

Added new batch invoice PDF generator (Find the Download PDFs button on the Orders index)
The Designers form now features drag + drop to upload images, a better slug UX, a new input for associating Font collections, and a new field for Job title
Fixed an issue in new foundry onboarding experience where input fields are cleared
Fixed an issue where VAT numbers in invoices were missing the country prefix
Fixed an issue when entering VAT rates
Improved foundry onboarding user experience

September 2, 2020

Added support for inclusive licenses, where you have a few sizes that include many uses

This example can recreated with the new "Table" variable type. You can specify any number of units (columns) as well as any number of items (rows)

Added new Custom Elements API for the Fontdue.js components, as well as allowing slug instead of id which makes it easier to use these on platforms like Wordpress

<fontdue-type-testers 
  collection-slug="my-font-slug"
  default-mode="local"
></fontdue-type-testers>

UX improvements for the Settings page including drag+drop file upload for logo
UI improvements to the Template

For foundries with a single font collection, the homepage becomes a product page for that typeface
Center alignment for more balanced product page

Fixed an issue where styles were sorted by their weight value alphabetically rather than numerically (now 50 < 500)
Fixed various style issues in fontdue.js components

August 12, 2020

Added support for including a Test fonts EULA. The EULA will display alongside other licenses and will automatically be included in the Test fonts ZIP archive → See the new License type field on Licenses. Add a new License and select the Test type
Improvements to License creation + editing experience
Licenses can now be reordered with drag+drop
Improvements to Settings forms including drag+drop file upload support for logo
Taiwan is no longer listed as Province of China
Fixed an error when creating a new empty License
Fixes blank checkbox issue in demo template

July 24, 2020

Added ability to drag + drop Pages to reorder

Fixed an error when trying to access Test fonts
Updated Privacy Policy to reflect service provider switch from Gigalixir to Render
Added automatic slug generation to Articles
Added experimental drag+drop file upload, for images in Articles to start
Fixed an issue where long addresses create layout issues in invoices
Added support for custom HTML code in the <head> for the frontend template, find this in Settings → Website settings
Minor improvements to the frontend template homepage and admin area

July 11, 2020

Added automatic slug generation
New Login settings page for foundry admins to change their password
Added Reset password flow for foundry admins who lost their password to login via email and then change password

Added Pre-configured licenses for new foundries

Added foundational support for theme customization: colors

Added GBP as a currency option for new foundries
Fixed the VAT prefix for the UK (it's meant to be GB)
Fixed an issue preventing new foundries from updating company information in the Settings panel
Fixed a Safari layout bug in the Type Tester OpenType features panel
Fixed an issue returning error messages for invalid phone numbers
Fixed an issue where the OpenType Features dropdown in the Type Testers admin was not populating

June 19, 2020

Filter Orders by a date range. The date range applies to the CSV export too for easier accounting

Fixed potential security issues with login, we now return generic error messages for login failures and ensure consistent response times
Upgraded all Python scripts to use Python 3, which fixes an issue in the otf→ttf conversion process where some italic character side-bearings were off by several units

May 28, 2020

The Settings page has been split up into multiple sections

Added Tags to Articles which enables different kinds of articles ("Blog", "In-use", etc)
Added Short description as an optional field on Collections.
Added Right-to-left as an option in Type Testers for RTL writing systems
When creating new Collections, you can now add to an existing collection, and also make the collection hidden
Added Related collections which allows collections to reference others outside of the normal collection hierarchy

April 21, 2020

Added OpenType features support in the Type Testers. You can selectively enable features for each collection. Drag-and-drop to reorder the list

This is as far back as we started documenting new things, and omits the many features developed from when we started the project way back in August 2017.