Releases: IBM/plex
Releases · IBM/plex
v6.4.0
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.4] - 2023-12-21
Added
- old-style numerals
referenced in issue 418 - Bulgarian Cyrillic forms
referenced in issue 448 - alternative shape for U+0023 NUMBER SIGN
referenced in issue 401 - Cyrillic support for Abkhaz language
referenced in issue 355 - support for pre-1918 Cyrillic
referenced in issue 158 - U+2236 RATIO
referenced in issue 199 - U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR
referenced in issue 84 - U+2010-U+2015 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN, DASHES, etc.
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 317 - U+2028 LINE SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
referenced in issue 282 - U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE
- U+200A HAIR SPACE
referenced in issue 361 - U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 318
Fixed
- Rendering of certain Cyrillic glyphs
referenced in issue 410 - Difference in lineheight for SemiBold weight in some situations
referenced in issue 408
Changed
- Improved shapes for U+0473 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER FITA and U+0472 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER FITA
referenced in issue 158 - Changed U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN to empty non-spacing character
- Improved shapes for U+04AA CYRILLIC CAPITAL ES WITH DESCENDER and U+04AB CYRILLIC LOWERCASE ES WITH DESCENDER
referenced in issue 498
[IBM PLEX SERIF V3.1] - 2023-11-27
Added
- Bulgarian Cyrillic forms
referenced in issue 448
Changed
- Changed /softhyphen (U+00AD) to empty non-spacing character
- Improved shapes for U+04AA and U+04AB
referenced in issue 498
[IBM PLEX SANS ARABIC V1.5] - 2023-10-31
Added
- Kerning for glyph /rreh-ar.fina (U+FB8D)
referenced in issue 542
Changed
- Removed substitutions to glyph /allah-ar (U+FDF2) in rlig feature
referenced in issue 525
[IBM PLEX SANS V3.5] - 2023-09-20
Added
- Bulgarian Cyrillic forms
referenced in issue 448
Changed
- Changed /softhyphen (U+00AD) to empty non-spacing character
v6.3.0
[IBM PLEX SANS VAR V1.1] - 2023-04-03
Added
- glyphs /acaron /acaron.alt01 /icaron /ocaron /ucaron /udieresismacron /udieresisacute /udieresisgrave /udieresiscaron /Acaron /Icaron /Ocaron /Ucaron /Udieresismacron /Udieresisacute /Udieresisgrave /Udieresiscaron to support pinyin
referenced in issue 84 - glyph /longs
referenced in issue 158 - glyph /divisionslash
- old-style numerals
referenced in issue 418 - U+2236 RATIO
referenced in issue 199 - U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR
referenced in issue 84 - U+2010-U+2015 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN, DASHES, etc.
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 317 - U+2028 LINE SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
referenced in issue 282 - U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE
- U+200A HAIR SPACE
referenced in issue 361 - U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 318
Fixed
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330 - STAT table; Roman and Italic styles are correctly linked in various environments now
- incorrect behaviour in Adobe InDesign
referenced in issue 337 - inconsistencies in vertical alignment
referenced in issue 377
Changed
- replaced commaaccent with cedilla in glyphs /Tcedilla /tcedilla
referenced in issue 251 - disabled bit 38 (Mathematical Operators) from OS/2 UnicodeRanges
- improved hinting
v6.2.0
[IBM PLEX SERIF V3.0]
Added
- Support for monotonic Greek (74 glyphs per font)
v6.1.1
v6.1.0
[IBM PLEX SERIF V2.8] - 2022-08-05
Added
- glyphs /acaron /acaron.alt01 /icaron /ocaron /ucaron /udieresismacron /udieresisacute /udieresisgrave /udieresiscaron /Acaron /Icaron /Ocaron /Ucaron /Udieresismacron /Udieresisacute /Udieresisgrave /Udieresiscaron to support pinyin
referenced in issue 84 - glyph /longs
referenced in issue 158 - glyph /divisionslash
- old-style numerals
referenced in issue 418 - Cyrillic support for Abkhaz language
referenced in issue 355 - support for pre-1918 Cyrillic
referenced in issue 158 - U+2236 RATIO
referenced in issue 199 - U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR
referenced in issue 84 - U+2010-U+2015 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN, DASHES, etc.
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 317 - U+2028 LINE SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
referenced in issue 282 - U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE
- U+200A HAIR SPACE
referenced in issue 361 - U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 318
Fixed
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330 - PostScript BlueScale values
Changed
- Improved shape for Cyrillic letter Fita (U+0473, U+0472)
referenced in issue 158 - replaced commaaccent with cedilla in glyphs /Tcedilla /tcedilla
referenced in issue 251 - disabled bit 38 (Mathematical Operators) from OS/2 UnicodeRanges
[IBM PLEX SANS CONDENSED V1.4] - 2022-07-28
Added
- old-style numerals
referenced in issue 418 - U+2236 RATIO
referenced in issue 199 - U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR
referenced in issue 84 - U+2010-U+2015 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN, DASHES, etc.
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 317 - U+2028 LINE SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
referenced in issue 282 - U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE
- U+200A HAIR SPACE
referenced in issue 361 - U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 318
Fixed
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330 - PostScript BlueScale values
[IBM PLEX SANS V3.4] - 2022-07-28
Added
- old-style numerals
referenced in issue 418 - Cyrillic support for Abkhaz language
referenced in issue 355 - support for pre-1918 Cyrillic
referenced in issue 158 - U+2236 RATIO
referenced in issue 199 - U+2219 BULLET OPERATOR
referenced in issue 84 - U+2010-U+2015 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN, DASHES, etc.
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 317 - U+2028 LINE SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPERATOR
referenced in issue 52 - U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
referenced in issue 282 - U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE
- U+200A HAIR SPACE
referenced in issue 361 - U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE
referenced in issue 84
referenced in issue 318
Fixed
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330 - PostScript BlueScale values
Changed
- Improved shape for Cyrillic letter Fita (U+0473, U+0472)
referenced in issue 158
v6.0.2
Changes in v6.0.2
[IBM PLEX SANS, SANS CONDENSED, MONO, SERIF] - 2022-05-10
Changed
- Update split font files to make font features available (ligatures, dotted zero, etc)
[IBM PLEX SANS KR V1.2] - 2021-09-13
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
v6.0.1
Changes in 6.0.1
[Unreleased]
- IBM Plex Sans CN
[IBM PLEX SANS ARABIC V1.4] - 2022-02-16
Fixed
- Incorrect shape for U+08A4 (ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH DOT BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE) and related glyphs
referenced in issue 429
[IBM PLEX SANS JP V1.1] - 2021-12-06
Fixed
v6.0.0
Changes in 6.0
Note: this is a major release due to the change in postscript naming structure. Each font now uses abbreviations for Semibold, ExtraLight and Medium (SmBld, ExtLt, and Medm respectively).
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.3] - 2021-08-13
Added
- U+2500-U259F Box drawing characters and block elements
referenced in issue 93 - U+2032 (PRIME) U+2033 (DOUBLE PRIME)
referenced in issue 145 - glyphs /acaron /acaron.alt01 /icaron /ocaron /ucaron /udieresismacron /udieresisacute /udieresisgrave /udieresiscaron /Acaron /Icaron /Ocaron /Ucaron /Udieresismacron /Udieresisacute /Udieresisgrave /Udieresiscaron to support pinyin
referenced in issue 84 - U+017F (LONG S)
referenced in issue 158 - U+00A4 (CURRENCY SIGN) U+2215 (DIVISION SLASH)
referenced in issue 280
Fixed
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330 - PostScript BlueScale values
Changed
- more distinct shape for /a and related characters in italic styles
- more distinct shape for /r and related characters
- more distinct shape for /asciitilde
referenced in issue 322 - replaced commaaccent with cedilla in glyphs /Tcedilla /tcedilla
referenced in issue 251 - disabled bit 38 (Mathematical Operators) from OS/2 UnicodeRanges
[IBM PLEX SANS JP V1.0] - 2021-06-18
Added
- Support for Japanese (9505 glyphs per font)
[IBM PLEX SANS DEVANAGARI V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS THAI V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS THAI LOOPED V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.2] - 2021-05-28
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS V3.3] - 2021-05-28
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SERIF V2.7] - 2021-05-28
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS ARABIC V1.2] - 2021-02-14
Added
- Glyphs /alefMaksura_zain-ar.fina.rlig /alefMaksura_zain-ar.fina.rlig.short /alefMaksura_jeh-ar.fina.rlig /alefMaksura_jeh-ar.fina.rlig.short /alefMaksura_noon-ar.fina.rlig
Fixed
- Mark placement on alternative form of /kaf
referenced in issue 284 - Multiple spacing issues including /lam_meem ligatures
- PostScript BlueScale values
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
Changed
- included logographs are not used by default anymore but can be activated through OpenType layout feature "dlig"
referenced in issue 336 - abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
Removed
- Glyphs /tteh_reh-ar.fina.short /tteh_zain-ar.fina.short /tteh_rreh-ar.fina.short /tteh_jeh-ar.fina.short
[IBM PLEX SANS HEBREW V1.3] - 2020-12-04
Fixed
- placement of dot in glyph /lamed_holam-hb
- placement of dot in glyph /lamed_dagesh_holam-hb
- metrics of /resh-hb
referenced in issue 343 - metrics of /tav-hb
- PostScript BlueScale values
- FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
Changed
- abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
v5.2.1
IBM Plex Sans JP
Added
- CSS stylesheets:
css/ibm-plex-sans-jp.cssandcss/ibm-plex-sans-jp.min.css - Sass entrypoint:
scss/sans-jp/index.scss
The upcoming major release will make chosing specific font-weights and languages easier for developers. Until then, enjoy IBM Plex Sans JP!
