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Version 15.100 Release

12 Sep 12:50
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This version of the Last Resort fonts corresponds to Unicode Version 15.1.0. The following changes were made in this release:

  • One new glyph that corresponds to the following new block was added:

    Range Block Name Glyph Name
    2EBF0..2EE5F CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I lastresortcjkexti
  • 627 mappings that correspond to the 627 new characters in Unicode Version 15.1 were changed.

That is all.

Version 15.000 Release

13 Sep 19:12
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This version of the Last Resort fonts corresponds to Unicode Version 15.0.0. The following changes were made in this release:

  • The mappings for the following block were modified to reflect a new final code point, and its glyph was also modified to reflect the new end code point of the range that is specified on its right side:

    Original Range New Range Block Name Glyph Name
    13430..1343F 13430..1345F Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls lastresortegypthiercontrols
  • The name of the following glyph was changed for consistency:

    Original Glyph Name New Glyph Name
    lastresortvariationselectorsa lastresortvariationselectorssupplement
  • The following five glyphs were modified (see Issue #6 for details about the first one, and see Issue #11 for details about the second, fourth, and fifth ones):

    Glyph Name
    lastresortnumberforms
    lastresortmathoperatorssup
    lastresortvariationselectors
    lastresortcjkextf
    lastresortvariationselectorssupplement
  • Seven new glyphs that correspond to the following seven new blocks were added:

    Range Block Name Glyph Name
    10EC0..10EFF Arabic Extended-C lastresortarabicextc
    11B00..11B5F Devanagari Extended-A lastresortdevanagariexta
    11F00..11F5F Kawi lastresortkawi
    1D2C0..1D2DF Kaktovik Numerals lastresortkaktoviknumerals
    1E030..1E08F Cyrillic Extended-D lastresortcyrillicextd
    1E4D0..1E4FF Nag Mundari lastresortnagmundari
    31350..323AF CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H lastresortcjkexth
  • 4,489 mappings that correspond to the 4,489 new characters in Unicode Version 15.0 were changed.

  • The 'meta' table was removed (see Issue #10).

  • The Platform ID and Encoding ID of the Format 13 'cmap' subtable of the Last Resort High-Efficiency font were changed from 3 (Windows) and 10 (Unicode full repertoire), respectively, to 0 (Unicode) and 6 (Unicode full repertoire), respectively, per the OpenType Specification (see Issue #8).

  • The Last Resort font’s Format 4 'cmap' subtable now includes 65,535 mappings for the range 0000..FFFE (see Issue #9).

That is all.

Version 14.000 Release

01 Dec 17:07
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This version of the Last Resort fonts corresponds to Unicode Version 14.0.0. The following changes were made in this release:

  • Existing glyphs for the following two blocks were modified to reflect a new final code point (see the 2020-03-11 entry in Errata Fixed in Unicode 14.0.0):

    Original Range New Range Block Name Glyph Name
    11700..1173F 11700..1174F Ahom lastresortahom
    18D00..18D8F 18D00..18D7F Tangut Supplement lastresorttangutsupplement
  • 12 new glyphs that correspond to the following 12 new blocks were added:

    Range Block Name Glyph Name
    0870..089F Arabic Extended-B lastresortarabicextb
    10570..105BF Vithkuqi lastresortvithkuqi
    10780..107BF Latin Extended-F lastresortlatinf
    10F70..10FAF Old Uyghur lastresortolduyghur
    11AB0..11ABF Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended-A lastresortucasexta
    12F90..12FFF Cypro-Minoan lastresortcyprominoan
    16A70..16ACF Tangsa lastresorttangsa
    1AFF0..1AFFF Kana Extended-B lastresortkanaextb
    1CF00..1CFCF Znamenny Musical Notation lastresortznamennymusic
    1DF00..1DFFF Latin Extended-G lastresortlating
    1E290..1E2BF Toto lastresorttoto
    1E7E0..1E7FF Ethiopic Extended-B lastresortethiopicextb
  • 838 mappings that correspond to the 838 new characters in Unicode Version 14.0 were changed.

  • The names of the following 13 glyphs were changed for consistency:

    Original Glyph Name New Glyph Name
    lastresortcyrillicextendedc lastresortcyrillicextc
    lastresortgeorgianextended lastresortgeorgianext
    lastresortlatinextended lastresortlatinext
    lastresortgreekextended lastresortgreekext
    lastresortethiopicextended lastresortethiopicext
    lastresortcyrillicextendeda lastresortcyrillicexta
    lastresortbopomofoextended lastresortbopomofoext
    lastresortkatakanaextended lastresortkatakanaext
    lastresortcjkideographexta lastresortcjkexta
    lastresortcyrillicextendedb lastresortcyrillicextb
    lastresortmyanmarextendedb lastresortmyanmarextb
    lastresortlatinextendede lastresortlatine
    lastresortcjkideographextendb lastresortcjkextb

That is all.

Version 13.001 Release

22 Oct 17:37
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This version of the Last Resort font corresponds to Unicode Version 13.0.0.

This release includes two versions of the Last Resort font. Although both fonts can be installed at the same time, because they have different names, you are encouraged to download and install only the one that is expected to work in the environments that you use:

  • The file LastResort-Regular.ttf is a font named Last Resort, and its 'cmap' table includes a Format 12 (Segmented coverage) subtable that is supported in virtually all modern environments. This font is 8MB and includes 5,063 glyphs. Download and install this font if you are unsure which one to use.

  • The file LastResortHE-Regular.ttf is a font named Last Resort High-Efficiency, and its 'cmap' table includes the more efficient—for this type of font—Format 13 (Many-to-one range mappings) subtable that may not be supported in some environments, such as most Windows and Adobe apps. Therefore, this font, which is considerably smaller (500K) and with fewer glyphs (342), requires greater care when downloaded and installed.

Both fonts’ 'cmap' table include a stub (aka empty) Format 4 (Segment mapping to delta values) subtable, which is a Windows OS requirement.

Version 13.000 Release

08 Oct 17:23
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This version of the Last Resort font corresponds to Unicode Version 13.0.0.

NOTE: The Last Resort font’s 'cmap' table includes only a Format 13 (Many-to-one range mappings) subtable, which may not be supported in some environments.