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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