fontforge

What's Changed

• Update documentation for py scripts by @iorsh in https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/5180
• Update GitHub CI runners by @iorsh in https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/5328
• Update po files from Croudin sources. by @skef in https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/5330
• Use consistent Python in MacOS GitHub runner by @iorsh in https://github.com/fontforge...

What's Changed

• Display the block name for reserved code points by @dscorbett in https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/4934
• Don't respond to wheel scrolls for buttons/tabsets by @jtanx in https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/4940
• gfilechooser.c: fix behaviour when changing file type by @jtanx in https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/pull/4939
• Better control-drag handlin...

This release contains numerous fixes and feature updates since the last release.

Major updates:

• Python plugin support (#4642, #4682, #4671) @skef
• Overhauled resource/appearance management (#4704) @skef
• Merge/Simplify improvements (#4567, #4697) @linusromer
• Updated Unicode support to Unicode 14.0.0, with nameslist functionality now directly integrated. (#4810) @jtanx
• Add Points...

This release falls on the 20th anniversary of the first release of FontForge back in 2000. It brings a wide range of minor tweaks and bug fixes for the user interface and file format handlers and a special splash screen to commemorate the big day.

Significant changes include the following.

• FontForge now has much improved stroke expansion functionality. The main change is that it actually works most of the time. New features include support for arbitrary convex nibs and the miter-clip and arc join styles from SVG 2. All functionality is accessible from the Python and native APIs. (By @skef.)
• Remove overlap handles certain important edg...