v1.0.0-RC5

What's Changed

• Fix document types list in README by @Cadons in #53
• fix(pagination): resolve infinite loop when handling oversized table … by @Cadons in #60
• feat(tools): add DocraftValidator for linting .craft and data files by @Cadons in #63
• Add PageNumber format support and fix chart/list font family handling by @Cadons in #61
• feat(fonts): add support for registering TTF fonts from memory by @Cadons in #64
• Validate Cell content: reject multiple children and unrecognized tags by @Cadons in #65
• feat(templating): add --strict mode to fail unresolved bindings by @Cadons in #70
• feat(loom): warn when a node overflows past the page bottom by @Cadons in #71
• 55 bundled font families roboto opensans cannot be selected by font name silently falls back to helvetica spams libharu errors new by @Cadons in #68
• fix(parser): raise error for duplicate or unrecognized top-level elem… by @Cadons in #76
• fix(parser): inherit background color for table cells from row by @Cadons in #77
• fix(parser): reject explicit width/height on content-sized nodes by @Cadons in #78
• 75 weight common attribute silently no ops outside layout orientationhorizontal by @Cadons in #79
• fix(text-wrapper): prevent boundary word duplication in line wrapping by @Cadons in #81
• refactor(layout): streamline fixed and flexible column width resolution by @Cadons in #84
• 82 warn when a tables explicit column widths sum wider than the available page width by @Cadons in #85

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v1.0.0-RC4

What's Changed

• 34 graphics and canvas by @Cadons in #37
• feat(craft): reject unrecognised attributes instead of dropping them by @Cadons in #47
• feat(craft): add CurveLine, and make Polygon only ever a polygon by @Cadons in #45
• fix(craft): honour Text width, table title font_size and name colors by @Cadons in #42
• fix(loom): place Canvas lines and circles at their declared geometry by @Cadons in #39
• 48 z indexing by @Cadons in #49
• Worktree readme hero visual by @Cadons in #51
• docs(skills): add craft-language skill for generating .craft files by @Cadons in #50

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v1.0.0-RC3

What's Changed

• Charts: native charts (scatter, line, spline, histogram and pie)
• Canvas: use this to draw free-form designs within a specified area.
• Bug fixes
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v1.0.0-RC2

What's Changed

• Add default font by @Cadons in #33

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v1.0.0-RC1

What's Changed

• build(cmake): add required dependency for fmt library by @Cadons in #15
• Enforce explicit accessor pattern across core APIs (remove macro/inline accessors) by @Cadons with @Copilot in #20
• General Refactor by @Cadons with @Copilot in #24
• Lines coordinates by @Cadons in #26
• 27 improve code duplication by @Cadons in #28
• 30 find the best pattern for layout engine by @Cadons in #32

Full Changelog: v1.0.0-beta.3...v1.0.0-RC1

v1.0.0-beta.3

What's Changed

• Fix VCPKG port build failures: Removed unused #include <print> and replaced std::format with fmt::format (PR #11)
• Fix Windows x86 calling convention mismatch for HPDF error handler (PR #12)

Important Note for Users

As you mentioned, if you have installed the library and are using CMake's find_package, you must now explicitly require:

find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)

This requirement is due to the replacement of std::format with fmt::format. The next version is expected to add support for fmt as part of the Docraft find_package requirements, making this unnecessary in future releases.

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v1.0.0-beta.1

Docraft v1.0.0-beta.1 Release Notes

Release date: 2026-03-11
Status: Beta

Docraft v1.0.0-beta is the first public beta milestone for the project: a C++23, in-process PDF generation library built around the XML-based Craft Language.

Highlights

• Introduces the Craft Language for declarative document authoring (.craft) with no coordinate-level drawing required.
• Delivers automatic flow layout and pagination, including reusable header/body/footer sections and automatic page numbering.
• Adds runtime templating features (${variables} and <Foreach>) for JSON-driven document generation.
• Provides rich document elements including tables, lists, shapes, images, and nested horizontal/vertical layouts.
• Ships with both a linkable docraft library and the docraft_tool CLI renderer.
• Supports pluggable rendering abstractions with libharu currently used as the PDF backend.

What Is Included In This Beta

• Core library: docraft (static by default, optional shared build).
• CLI executable: docraft_tool for rendering .craft files to PDF.
• Craft parser stack: parsing for text, shapes, images, tables, layouts, settings, and foreach blocks.
• Template engine: key/value and JSON-array binding for data-driven output.
• Documentation: Sphinx and Doxygen docs with API and getting-started material.

Build and Compatibility

• Language standard: C++23.
• Build system: CMake 3.16+.
• Key dependencies: libharu, pugixml, nlohmann-json.
• Test dependency: GoogleTest (when BUILD_TESTS=ON).
• Platforms: macOS, Linux, and Windows workflows are documented in README.md.

Quality and Test Coverage

The beta test suite includes coverage across:

• document model primitives and cloning
• layout and pagination behavior
• Craft language parsing (tables, shapes, images, settings)
• rendering/painter smoke paths
• templating and utility modules (keyword extraction, logging)

Breaking Changes

• None announced for this beta tag.

Known Limitations (Beta)

• Public APIs and Craft syntax may still evolve before stable GA.
• Backend support is currently centered on libharu implementations.
• Performance tuning and broader production hardening are ongoing.

Upgrade / Adoption Notes

If you are evaluating this beta:

1. Build with your target toolchain using the documented CMake flow.
2. Validate your Craft templates and runtime data models against your production scenarios.
3. Keep integrations version-pinned to this beta tag until stable release notes are published.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to all contributors and early adopters helping validate the first Docraft beta.

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