Spleen 2.1.0 (2024-03-22) - Document how wsfont header files (for OpenBSD and NetBSD) are generated - Add base cyrillic (basic alphabet + most used extended) characters (Thanks Slava Voronzoff!) - Fix latin small letter 'u' smoothing in the 32x64 version - Fix smoothing on more variants of 'u' in the 32x64 version Spleen 2.0.2 (2023-12-25) - Fix MALE and FEMALE character ordering in the 16x32 and 32x64 versions (Thanks Mike Cui) - Update README to add a link to the Alpine Linux package Spleen 2.0.1 (2023-11-17) - Add a 'com' target to generate SPLEEN.COM, the DOS version of Spleen - Also add 'com' in the 'all' target - Update README to add a link to the Guix package - In the Spleen loader for DOS, put 4C00h in ax and not 4Ch - README.md: add Gentoo package link - Switch to using Oxipng as it compresses even more than OptiPNG - Add a new FAQ file answering frequently asked questions about Spleen - Remove C0 control characters range in the 8x16, 16x32, and 32x64 versions Spleen 2.0.0 (2023-05-28) - Add full support for CP437 (IBM PC) in the 8x16, 16x32, and 32x64 versions - Add a cp437 directory with BDF files using the IBM Code page 437 encoding - Add a DOS version, as a COM file (SPLEEN.COM) setting the font to Spleen - Add various arrows and triangle-headed arrows in the 8x16, 16x32, and 32x64 versions - Shift bullet character at correct position (U+2022) in the 32x64 version - Add union symbol in the 8x16, 16x32, and 32x64 versions - Do not remove specimen.png in the clean target Spleen 1.9.3 (2023-04-07) - Add a 'fon' target to generate FON files for all sizes using FontForge - Mention the FON version in the README, in notes for Windows users Spleen 1.9.2 (2023-02-15) - Add Spleen ASCii logo header (Thanks H7!) - Add SPDX short license identifier in sources and fonts - Fix link to the Spleen package in AUR - Use printf instead of echo for *BSD and Linux cross-compatibility - Generate a specimen file for Spleen and include it in the repository - Adjust trivias: the Haiku kernel debugger doesn't use Spleen anymore - Update README to add a link to the MacPorts package - Point the OpenBSD package link to openports.pl Spleen 1.9.1 (2021-06-13) - Tweak wsfont export program to account for the new block in the 6x12 version - Mention that Haiku now uses Spleen 12x24 in the trivia section - Fix paths to wsfont generators - Add an 'otb' target to generate OTB files for all sizes using fonttosfnt - Also remove generated .otb files in the 'clean' target - Generate .dfont files again in release tarballs - Generate OTB versions in release tarballs - Also remove generated .dfont files in the 'clean' target Spleen 1.9.0 (2021-03-12) - Set WEIGHT_NAME property to "Medium" for all sizes - Increment STARTPROPERTIES to account for WEIGHT_NAME addition - Enlarge vertical line for consistency with other small sizes (5x8 version) - Add full support for the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block (6x12 version) Spleen 1.8.2 (2020-07-31) - Fix size of the lower case 'ae' character in the 16x32 and 32x64 versions - Fix size of the lower case 'oe' character in the 16x32 and 32x64 versions - Add 'AE' and 'ae' characters with acute accent - Add 'AE' and 'ae' characters with macron - Add 'A', 'a', 'E', 'e', 'I', 'i', 'O', 'o', 'R', 'r', 'U', 'u' with inverted breve - Add 'A', 'a', 'O', 'o' characters with dot above - Add 'O' and 'o' characters with ogonek - Add 'O' and 'o' characters with ogonek and macron - Shorten parentheses, square brackets, braces, slash, backslash in the 8x16 version, fixing alignment issues - Shift vertical line and double vertical line characters one pixel up (8x16 version) Spleen 1.8.1 (2020-07-16) - Center tilde vertically for all sizes, as modern fonts do - Add black triangles in the 25E2-25E5 range - Add single angle quotation mark characters - Add white and black circle characters - Add inverse bullet and inverse white circle characters - Add 'A', 'a', 'O', 'o', 'U', 'u' characters with caron - Add 'I', 'i', 'G', 'g', 'j' characters with caron - Add 'H', 'h', 'K', 'k', characters with caron - Add 'E' and 'e' characters with cedilla - Add 'A', 'a', 'E', 'e', 'I', 'i', 'O', 'o', 'R', 'r', 'U', 'u' with double grave - Add "almost equal to" character - Add 'G' and 'g' characters with acute accent - Add 'O' and 'o' characters with stroke and acute - Add double vertical bar and double exclamation mark characters - Add stand alone breve, dot above, ogonek, small tilde, and double acute accent Spleen 1.8.0 (2020-06-29) - Add Initial 6x12 version, containing printable ASCII characters, the Braille Patterns Unicode block, and light Box Drawing characters - Improve ampersand character, making it more consistent with other sizes (5x8 version) - Add instructions on how to use Spleen in the NetBSD console Spleen 1.7.1 (2020-06-21) - Add some Powerline characters (arrows symbols and padlock) (5x8 version) - Fix duplicate character names for Powerline symbols - Uppercase ISO in the FONT property so fonts can be processed through ucs2any(1) - Add "Black Diamond" and "Lozenge" characters for all sizes - Add "Black Heart Suit" and "Black Diamond Suit" characters for all sizes - Remove strain pixel on the '5' digit (5x8 version) - Improve the Esszet character (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) Spleen 1.7.0 (2020-02-13) - Improve generated PSF files so that box-drawing characters are correctly displayed - Add the FONT_VERSION XFLD property for all BDF sizes - Generate OpenType (OTF) versions for the 8x16, 12x24, 16x32 and 32x64 sizes - Stop generating .dfont files, OTF versions should be used instead - Add links to Debian and Ubuntu packages. Spleen 1.6.0 (2019-12-02) - Make it clear that .dfont files are provided in release tarballs - Initial SFD version converted from the 8x16 BDF file - Add a 'otf' target in the Makefile to generate an OTF version - Mention the OTF version in the README, in notes for Windows users Spleen 1.5.0 (2019-10-01) - Shift the middle bar of the digit '3' one pixel up, for better alignment (12x24 version) - Tweak the digit '7' for consistency with other sizes (5x8 version) - Make the 'Z', 'z' and derived characters more balanced, as is the case with other sizes (12x24 version) - Tweak the digit '2' for consistency with other sizes (12x24 version) - Make the slash inside the digit '0' one pixel thiner (32x64 version) - Add light box drawings characters in the 5x8 version - Add full support for the Braille Patterns Unicode block in the 5x8 version - Add branch, LN, and padlock icons for Powerline users - Also provide a fonts.alias file, along with fonts.alias-spleen Spleen 1.4.0 (2019-09-24) - Add left and right single quotation mark characters, both identical to an apostrophe - Add left and right double quotation mark characters, both identical to ASCII quotation mark - Add bullet and horizontal ellipsis characters - Add the eight trigrams - Add full support for the Block Elements Unicode block Spleen 1.3.0 (2019-09-12) - Add full support for the Box Drawing Unicode block - Add arrows symbols for Powerline users Spleen 1.2.0 (2019-09-06) - Add link to instructions on how to enable bitmap fonts support on Ubuntu - Add a Makefile target to generate a specimen file - Add full support for the Braille Patterns Unicode block - Add light box drawings characters for the 16x32 and 32x64 versions Spleen 1.1.0 (2019-08-29) - Added instructions on how to use Spleen in the FreeBSD console - Optimize generated screenshots with OptiPNG - Remove the dfont target in Makefile, generated files do not work on modern macOS versions - Add full support for the Latin Extended-A Unicode block - Add euro symbol - Character at position CB is 'E' with diaeresis, not with tilde (12x24 version) - Character at position D6 is 'O' with diaeresis, not with tilde (12x24 version) - Character at position DC is 'U' with diaeresis, not with tilde (12x24 version) - Fix tilde alignment in the 'o' with tilde character (32x64 version) - Fix middle bar thickness in the upper case 'eth' character (12x24 version) - Fix ring alignment for the 'A' and 'a' characters (16x32 and 32x64 versions) - Remove strain pixel on the '3' and 'k' characters (32x64 version) - Remove fillers for characters other than ISO 8859-1 ones (5x8 version) Spleen 1.0.5 (2019-06-01) - Initial support for the Latin Extended-A Unicode block, all sizes but 5x8 now have all Polish characters available - Shift the middle bar of the upper case 'G' one pixel down (12x24 version) - Shift lower case 'k' character right, for better alignment (12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Make upper case 'X' thicker (16x32 and 32x64 versions) - Make upper case 'V' thicker (32x64 version) - Make lower case 'g' character smoother (16x32 and 32x64 versions) - Add some artefacts on each side of the lower case 'i' - Also add artefacts on each side of accented lower case 'i' characters Spleen 1.0.4 (2019-02-07) - Remove quotation marks around XLFD font names - Remove strain pixels on the inner upper part of parentheses (16x32 version) - Harmonize the 'v' and 'V' characters across all sizes - Remove artefacts from the 'c' in the copyright sign (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Make the upper left corner of the 'R' sharp in the registered sign (16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Add initial Makefile, allowing to easily generate formats other than BDF - Remove all .dfont files from the repository, formats other than BDF are now only distributed in release tarballs - Provide generated fonts in PCF, PSF, and .dfont formats Spleen 1.0.3 (2018-12-01) - Remove extra pixel from the '@' character (12x24 version) - Harmonize '@' character spacing with other sizes (16x32 and 32x64 versions) - Revert change to the upper case 'K' character (5x8 version) Spleen 1.0.2 (2018-11-26) - Tweak 'f' and 't' characters to make them more consistent (8x16 version) - Make the upper case 'K' middle bar shorter, helps differentiating it from upper case 'H' (5x8, 12x24, 16x32) - Fix alignment of parentheses with square brackets and braces (32x64 version) - Fix SIZE, MIN_SPACE, and SWIDTH properties for all fonts - Make the at sign higher (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Harmonize angle quotes (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Flip lower case 'n' with tilde horizontally, to match the normal 'n' character (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Remove artefacts from 'C', 'c' and 'F' characters for all fonts - Remove artefact from the upper case 'G' character (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Remove artefacts from 'C' and 'c' derived characters (8x16, 12x24, 16x32, and 32x64 versions) - Set DEFAULT_CHAR to 32, as we don't have a 0 char Spleen 1.0.1 (2018-09-28) - Documentation updates: add XLFD font names and operating system packages section - Improve ampersand character, make superscript digits thicker, shift percent sign, asterisk, plus, minus, and equal signs one pixel up, for alignment (8x16 version) - Shift asterisk character up by one pixel, to align it with minus and plus signs (12x24 version) - Improve percent sign alignment and make it more consistent with other sizes (16x32 and 32x64 versions) Spleen 1.0.0 (2018-09-18) - Initial release