v1.7.0

• Added new option --overlaps-backend that allows to optionally specify "pathops" instead of the default "booleanOperations" as the backend for the ufo2ft RemoveOverlapsFilter.
  Install fontmake as fontmake[pathops] to enable support for this, or install skia-pathops separately if you prefer.

• Added new option --validate-ufo to enable ufoLib validation upon reading and writing UFOs. It is disabled by default for marginally better speed.

• You can install as fontmake[lxml] (or install lxml yourself) to enable faster UFO reading/writing using the latest ufoLib.

• NOTE: You can specify multiple extras at the same time within the square brackets, e.g. pip install --upgrade fontmake[pathops,lxml]

• Updated minimum installation requirements:

  • glyphsLib >= 3.0.3
  • ufo2ft >= 2.2.0
  • defcon >= 0.5.2