What’s new in Glyphs

Glyphs 4.1

(4100) 2026-08-21

Improve smart glyphs
Fix "❗Features" on opening a file
Fix setting localized properties (e.g. Font family name)
Showing correct tool group icon when selected with keyboard shortcut
Fix copy/paste of super-smooth nodes
Fix not showing the inspectors again with View → Show Info
Fix issues with text input in edit view
Improvements to HOI:
- Visually connect rotation handles
- Refine colors
- Enable undo while in interpolated Edit View
- Press space bar to toggle HOI handle type
- Show controls for Intermediate layer while interpolating
Improve drawing in font view
Include kerning with symbols regardless of the script
Improve python API
Better filter duplicate and invalid PS-hints
Improve loading tools when installing from Plugin Manager
Improve handling of rounding node positions with bigger grids
Draw stronger duplicate segments marker (based on percentage of overlap)
Prevent shifting of the offcurve node when option dragging a oncurve node
Remove script of thai baht (currency; fixes sorting)
Fix keeping hints on extra nodes when inserting nodes
Show values in Offset Curve Filter UI
Better error reporting wit invalid intermediate layers
Fix writing kerning for masters with link to master parameter
Improve performance with many shapes and visible Extra Handles
Fix removing of meta entry
When offsetting paths, do not split relatively flat segments on inflection points
Fix glif.lib import
Improve some UI for macOS 27
Inherit glyph info from glyphs without a suffix (useful for alternates of PUA glyphs)
Avoid dangling hints/corners in the background

Glyphs 4.0.1

(4004) 2026-08-06

Fix loading palette and tool plugins when installing from Plugin Manager
make sure the currently selected layer is visible in the Layers panel
Stability improvements

(4003) 2026-08-05

Fix issue with python TypeError: 'Class'() does not accept positional arguments. This also fixes the NSMenuItem() init code, too
Fix width alignment for horizontal aligned components

(4002) 2026-08-05

Fix issue with autohinting
Fix cut in all masters
Fix option drag to only select oncurve nodes
Allow single keys for custom tool shortcuts
Only select the name, not the extension when editing macro file names
Fix round tripping of colors to v3 files
Don’t silently drop stroke end axes alignment
Fix copy pasting font/instance properties
Fix deleting properties from General section
More visible duplication warning
Reopen the script window when it was open the last time
Ignore tiny outside overlaps when exporting to Variable font
Fix remove overlap when exporting a pixel font
Avoid big numbers in metrics key placeholders
Allow fractions in scale field in transform panel
Fix editing Transform Filter in instance settings
Add GSNameParticle to the python wrapper

(4001) 2026-07-31

Fix various issues with smart components
Improve HOI UI
Fix updating of selected master when tab changes
Show pen point Info boxes more selectively
Fix updating of mouse over highlights
Fix deleting nodes from python
Fix writing anchor attributes/userData

Glyphs 4.0

(4000) 2026-07-27

Add Metrics in Font view reporter
When adding a new layer, select it directly
Improve corners on too short segments
More pyi fixes
Include the latest localizations

(3879) 2026-07-27

Fix Option+delete to delete (nodes) in all masters
Fix Command+Shift+A to align with the background
When there is a file format warning, actually save the file
Improve icon mode
Fix tooltips for the tools in the toolbar
Improve Smart Components again
Enable editing of Unicode code points in List View
Fix Scripting Window search
Fix some minor UI-issues

(3878) 2026-07-25

Fix Preview Panel controls
Improve Master Overview window
Improve Smart components
Preserve none ASCII chars in feature code
Stability improvements

(3877) 2026-07-23

Fix another crash
Fix drawing of corners in master compatibly
Some improvements to smart components
Better handle comments in custom GlyphData files
Compatibly with Stem Thickness plugin
More localization improvements. Many thanks to all the translators.

(3876) 2026-07-22

Fix crash
Fix drag-resize of components
Fix typing in Scripting window when there are no macro

(3875) 2026-07-17

This version will ask for a Glyphs 4 license. So you need to use it in trial mode now
Fix deleting of nodes
Fix knife tool with Option key pressed
Fix width alignment for horizontal aligned glyphs
Check path and node attributes for version capabilities
Improve UI in macOS ≤ 15
Fix adding code snippets in macro window
Improve Text Preview
Fix brace layer preview when switching to background
font.noteare stored in its own file when saving a Glyphs 4 package file. It should reload when the stored files is changed outside of Glyphs

Glyphs 4.0a

(3874) 2026-07-15

Improve interpolation of Smart components
Improve handling of context kerning
Fix canvas color in background more (was broken in 3872)
Avoid editing context menu items when glyph is not editable
Improve info icon drawing
Add "Reset Interpolation Preview" to context menu
Fix head components at the start of a curve
Improve CORLv1
Improve gradients
Fix copy pasting in kerning panel
Stability improvements

(3872) 2026-07-10

Improve Gradients
Improve menus in Layers panel
Fix Paste Special dialog
Fix interpolation of path components(e.g. corner; broken in 3871)
Fix interpolation of pen points
Fix decomposing of cap components
Improve performance reading custom GlyphData
Improve performance reading and writing .glyphs files. Big files should show the initial UI much quicker

(3871) 2026-07-08

Fix jumping zoom
Fix performance for fonts with a lot components (e.g. pixel fonts)
Fix manually installing plugins
Fix cutting components (Cmd+X)
Fix applying anchors to slanted shapes
Fix display of masked components
Fix selection of layer copies
Fix copy pasting of image preset
Improve image (svg export)
Use localized glyph variants for placeholder strings (the Apple system fonts that are used for the placeholders don’t support them)
Disable localization even when there is no "English" in system setting > Languages & Regions
Properly read names from ttc
Improve the python wrapper

(3870) 2026-07-03

“Import from Glyphs 3” button in settings
Many stability improvements
Re-add indentation in Layers panel
Fix "Show window on startup" in start window
Fix jumpiness when zooming in edit view
Apply filters in image export
Fix crash in macOS 12

(3869) 2026-06-30

Fix CFF2 variable font export
Fix running scripts when there is no macro file, yet.
Update default placement of ogonek anchors
Improve Scripting window UI
Improve handling of smart glyphs
In Axis panel layout
In Axis panel, ensure sliding to master layer makes Edit View editable again
Fix crash in macOS 15 when clicking the axes sidebar
Copy pasting of particles
add showUnicodeInfo: callback
Fix python loading
Improve installation of modules from the Pluging Manager
fix single pen point on closed path
fix hints/corners when connecting paths
Speed up import of fonts with a lot of GSUB
Fix a many smaller issues
Fix many crashes

(3867) 2026-06-22

Add Axes sidebar
- Allow interpolation preview in the Edit View
- Add glyph axes to build smart glyph (moved here from the smart Glyph dialog)
- Add smart layers are brace layers now. so much more flexible.
- This is still work in progress. But please report issues with sample files if you find a problem.
Fix issue with feature variations on existing feature
Improve offsetting curves with tight radius
Automatic "latin" positional feature code in calt
Fix measurement tool on paths with strokes
Fix corners on paths with strokes
Fix outside overlaps on the start node
Remove "Ask Glyphs" warning dialog on pre Tahoe systems
A lot stability improvements

(3866) 2026-06-12

Improve masks and drawing
Add “show component base glyph” insertion highlight
Fix placeholders in Multi-Glyph Info box
Improve UI of Validate Font window
Cvt export and error reporting
Russian and Belarusian in font view sidebar
Fix color layer preview when there are no instances
Improve mark2liga with missing anchors
Improve tokens in instance properties
Improve CFF2 export
- blend BlueValues
- optimize consecutive curve segments with blends
Fix import of .metrics files in italic masters
Add SF-Symbols plugin
A lot stability improvements

(3865) 2026-05-31

Fix setting Axis and particle names
Improve STAT axis values for unusual name scheme and for static fonts
Remove penPoint that sit on a node directly when all values are empty
Fix fit curve keyboard shortcuts
Add tooltip to fit curve buttons
Fix UI in Update preferences
Fix start node when removing node

(3864) 2026-05-27

Implement "Particle" instances
Simplify "Component double click" dialog
Improve intersection of very small overlaps
Treat overlaping nodes as one smooth node
Show localized values in axis row
Fix selecting layers in Layers panel
Fix zooming in RTL mode
Fix drag + option duplicate masters and instances
Paste one corner on multiple selected nodes
Flip hints on all masters (with Option key)
Add node corner radius (select a node > lower right settings menu > select "Radius")

(3863) 2026-05-21

Improve stability of image export.
Fix some missing OK buttons in some dialogs

(3862) 2026-05-21

Fix stroke width in scaled PDF export
Add "Head" components. Similar to corners but places on top of the path without fitting in. Useful for Arrow heads on paths with strokes
Allow components for SF-Symbols export
Add padding settings in Icon Presets (in the gear button)
Add "imatra" anchor for iMatra pres code to distinguish from "top"
Deleting masters/instance/features from context menu and by keyboard shortcut
Font Info > Features: Sidebar: Copy names/tags/code of items
Fix metric settings popup
Fix editing of anchor names
Allow fit curve in font view

(3861) 2026-05-19

Properly fix loading of python (still supporting python 3.13–3.15)
Remove special treatment of accented IJ in Dutch
Improve strokes on tight curve endings
Stability improvements
Add "Add Icon Set" in instance settings

(3860) 2026-05-18

Improvements to the Scripting Window
- Fix Undo and better keep selection
- Add Code checker (ruff and pyright. Controllable from the button next to the clear console button)
- add option to use spaces or tabs. Or just keep it on Auto
- Improve debugging
- Improve multi line selection
Improve round round corner connections and line caps with strokes
draw indicator when node is on sidebearing line
Improve Preview Panel. Sliders are only shows for "Variable Preview"
ix missing figures in Move on axis
Fix showing icons for out of sync metrics (and add user defaults))
Fix colors of disabled masters and instance in Font Info lists
New code colors in macro and feature editor
add "Remove Overlap" (like "Autohint") custom parameter to control remove overlap per instances
Add headers to more internal frameworks to make it easier for plugin developers

(3859) 2026-05-13

Fix loading python 3.13
Improve image/icon export/settings
Fix adding items in avar2 dialog
Remove support for macOS 11

(3858) 2026-05-11

Improve SF-Symbols drawing and export
Improve several issues in full screen mode (e.g. toolbar buttons not working)
Fix draging in master and instance list
Add Rotate by 90° button (rotate left, with Option key, rotate right)
Fix dragging in Kerning Groups window (and update the UI)
Add Options to directly add add a specific layer type and show the settings popup
Improve zoom to selection
Add Distribute Path Component Settings to context menu
Improve localization
Fix tabbing in project window
Fix loading Edit View Tabs from file
Improve Text Preview when there are incompatible glyphs (those are ignored)
Add GSComponent.openBezierPath to python wrapper
Fix updating of the instances popup
Fix alignment of components of glyphs like plussuperior
Extended `glyphsapp://show` URL scheme
Avoid adding a copy of the instance when "instance as master"

(3857) 2026-04-28

When adding a layer in the layers panel, directly make a special layer instead of making a dumb copy first
Improve Move on Axis
Improve Master Selector
Update Details view in Font View
Fix tabbing in project window
Add Distribute Path Component Settings to context menu
Stability improvements

(3855) 2026-04-26

Fix pen Points
When replacing a glyph, the kerning the was lost
Make move on axis work without selection in font view
En/disable move on axis buttons on axis range edge
When importing .otf, we were missing the hints from the last glyph
Fix shortcuts for primitive tools
Update Hebrew/Yiddish in sidebar
Fix initial empty preview panel
Allow editing top/bottom kerning groups in Font View
Fix patter image drawing and add UI for pos/scale …
Hide unfinished UI for now
Fix chevron drawing in tools toolbar in macOS <= 15

(3855) 2026-04-20

Improve Corner components on strokes
Fix warning about opening designspace files
Improve error reporting in various places
Apply "Make Node First for all compatible layers
Add more "in all master" menu items
Fix import of sample strings
Fix pasting images from Finder
Fix double clicking in preview to select glyph
Update Master Overview when masters and instances change
Add "Show Instances" context menu to Master Overview
Improve Python setup
Improve interpolation for smart components with a lot axes
Slightly bigger threshold if there is a width and sidebearing key
Some updates to the pyi files
Fix paths with nested import()s
Make sure the Font View is redrawn when a report that draws in it is de/activated
[API] add context to filter API to allow it to make compatible outlines when exporting variable fonts
Custom color for "Show version number in Dock icon".
Improve Simplify

(3854) 2026-04-02

Improve Image export
Drop support for python 3.11 and 3.12
Fix Python Debugger
Improve API to add custom parameter definitions
show updateRenamedGlyphs dialog when changing glyph name from Edit View and from Find and Replace dialog
prevent some mac names
activate remove overlap for TT
Placeholder of Emojis are drawn less bright
Computing vertical metrics
Improve project window UI
fix pasting caps on start node
In Layers panel allow editing of sublayers when multiply glyphs are selected
Improve handling of TSB/BSB in transform dialog/filter
Fix auto double parenthesis in macro
Fix some UI glitches
fix searching in kerning panel
when combining e.g. ufos, copy instances, too
Write extra layers to ufo
Improve text input. This fixes input for Vietnamese/Telex input
allow renaming layers from layers panel again
add preview drawing callback
Pre-fill find and replace query for glyph names
In Start window, show recently used scripts at the top of the list
complain about userData in version2 file
Improve performance of Remove Overlap
improve style linking in variable fonts
add "Decompose" filter
fix corner components in TT preview
Improve delta sets in GDEF (reduce file size)
ignore anchors on symbols. Mostly anchors from components used to build currency signs and such
allow defaults write -g NSMenuEnableActionImages -bool NO to disable menu item icons

(3853) 2026-02-25

Fix CFF export with grid < 1
Generation of CID indexes
Improve tokens in "Remove Glyph" parameters
Fix Cutting (Cmd+X) of hints, anchors and background image
when scrolling a glyph rect into place, avoid overlap with the info box

(3852) 2026-02-23

In the metrics transform dialog, allow fractions when the grid is smaller than 1
Optionally suppress the count of sidebar items
Allow adding several caps at once
Fix export of cvar
Fix kerning from linked masters
Performance and stability improvements

(3851) 2026-02-15

Improve TrueType convertion again
Improve the localization a lot.
Fix stems, metrics and numbers from imported masters
Allow mismatching masters in "Import Font"
Add option to center the info box (GSCenterInfoBox)
Fix decomposing of smart components
Fix feature names in "Replace Feature" parameter
add "Rename Feature" parameter
Ignore deactivated instances when check for interpolation/compatibility
Better UI for Replace/Add Feature/Class
Add some color options
Add precision option to SVG (image) export
Fix export of COLR layers
Fix copy pasting paths (broken in 3850)
Fix empty text fields in font info after editing
Fix missing anchor icon in component info box
Fix issues with Color presets
Improve reliability of Text Preview window
Performance and stability improvements

(3850) 2026-01-30

Update Localizations
Fix tokens in some names on export
Fix Smart component panel (broken in 3849)
Improve Ufo round-tripping
much faster console output

(3849) 2026-01-25

Improve TrueType curve conversion. Should produce better fit and slightly less points
Scale TTFStems and Zones
Fix cvar export
Fix sbix export
Switch attributes when setting the master in the Layers panel
Add option to not paste special the background
Allow unset values in brace layer coordinates
I tidy up path, use smaller threshold to keep more curves
Add "Balance" button to fit curve panel
Store component.attributes in userData when saving to glyphs 2 file
Improve ufo im/export
Add "UFO Filename" parameter
Add VORG table export
Improve formatting of strings with prefix in the Macro window
Fix autosaving to servers
Implement preview of GSUB lookup type 8
Fix flickering when reassigning smart component
Import futureName from .fea/.ufo file
Improve "Import Master". Allow overwriting imported layers

(3848) 2026-01-17

Fix some undo issues
Fix path components when there are smart components
Fix disappearing filter folders in font view sidebar
New tabs use last user action for closed/open sidebar
Prevent glitch in edit view sidebar in Dark mode
Keep unencoded glyphs in edit view when changing glyphs names
More flexible selection for add/remove offcurve from TrueType outlines
Fix thumbnails in Start Window and improve performance
Update some localizations
Fix issue with quadratic intersections/remove overlap
Remove "blackletter" glyphs from math sections
Add support for vertical slant in Filter parameters (not in UI)
Convert newly draw segment to quadratic if there are other TT curves
Fix master and stem name when reading .ufo
Fix some issues with pen points
Add Progression setting of pen points to UI
Stability improvements
Fix undo problems
Add "File Icon Glyphs" custom parameter to define what glyphs show in the file icon in Finder

(3847) 2026-01-08

Add Pen Points to set offset parameters along the path
Allow manually remove overlap of quadratics
Fix an undo bug
Update Japanese Educational Kanji list to the 2020 standard
Fix shift dragging components
Fix adding corners/caps on strokes
Improve downloading/updating in Plugin Manager
Prevent spikes in TT with inflections
Fix hangs while scripts are running
Fix loosing focus in the info box
Update GlyphData/features for IJ and ldot
Improve pyi files and python wrapper

(3846) 2025-12-26

Improve interpolation with complicated bracket/brace layer setup
Change how transformations are computed with rotation AND slant. It slants first and then rotates. The other way around it only distorting the shape
Improve Master Overview with bracket layers
Add support for revers bracket layers (was supported in Glyphs 2 and not in 3)
Add support for remove overlap with cubic and quadratic curves
Improve path intersection/remove overlap
Fix (partially) copying of TrueType paths
Fix Dark mode in Edit View sidebar
Fix issue with hints introduced in 3845

(3845) 2025-12-14

Fix help menu in TraditionalChinese loc
Avoid latin metrics in CJK
Add CJK unicode blocks to sidebar
Fix scaling of path attributes with "Scale to UPM"
Remove shortcut from TrueType tool
Prevent double selection when double clicking an overlaping segment
Add user defaults: GSDisableForceAutoAlignmentOnSave
Improve instance preview in vertical
Fix reinterpolate brace layers
Do not put "Italic" in the postScript Font Name in VF
Make sure there are no hyphens in the postscript name family part
Allow full height of screen in Piece Dialog
Add "Activate Panel Inspector/ Info Box" shortcut
Fix quadratics in SVG
Fix decomposition of brace layers that are on different masters in the different base glyphs
Fix filtering of brace layers with "remove master" parameter axes are removed
Prevent dragging in the titlebar of the main window
Fix corner/caps on flipped components
Fix GSInstance.addAsMaster
Do not snap horizontally aligned components
Fix issues with RTL components
Fix error dialog for crashed plugins
Add multi cursor support to Feature and macro editor
Allow "All masters" for fonts with one master but e.g. virtual masters
Fix issue when glyphs mix quadratic and cubic curves
Improve CFF2 export
Improve python typing defs
Fix Cap components on stroke ends
With custom languages and categories, better match custom items to existing ones
Fix undo when changing components
Add color space font setting
Improve error message in case of “HEAD (unborn)”
Separate metrics line color setting from metrics zone color
Add details view for autocomplete popup
Fix updating features
Reenable glyph/layer colors in info box in Tahoe

(3844) 2025-11-09

Restructure toolbar
Add tool shortcuts to Preferences > Shortcuts
Fix tool cursors
Glyphs are sorted by script first now
Fix "Empty base glyph" placeholder
In Edit View, keep the space on the previous line
Actually store the user intend for Component double click action
Fix selecting layers in the Layers panel
Make sure that color palette layers have synced metrics
Improve Myanmar glyph info
Ignore none exporting numbers when generating numbers features
Improve placeholders in sidebearing fields
Fix dragging and zooming
Add user defaults to control track pad zooming in edit view: GSEditViewMagnifyingSpeed
Add cmd+1–9 to Preferences window
Add API to register custom custom parameter types and description
Fix python access to active tool
Make sure changes to base glyphs are visible in composite glyphs in font view
Fix clear console button in Scripting window
Fix fraction glyph names and add missing fraction code
Add groupIdx for grouping in GSGlyphInfo and GSGlyph (can be set in GlyphData.xml and manually in the font.) This is an alternative to glyphOrder parameter
Even with Sync layer edits on, apply stroke settings only to the current layer
Fix manually set undo actionNames
Try to paste a slash if the rest of the string is not a valid glyph name

(3843) 2025-10-24

Improve output of CFF
Fix drag to zoom in Edit View
Fix copy pasting if horizontal stems
Improve instance/master filtering
Improve handling of mixed TrueType/Postscript outlines
When there is a vert feature, imply "Export vmtx Table"
Improve STAT code
Import avar table
Add callback to draw in the preview
Improve "Sync selection". e.g. also sync hints/corners
More pyi
Show section headers in Generate Glyphs Dialog
Fix checking "Import Keep Glyphs Names when importing ufo
Improve rounding inner curves
Allow going to background while in a One to Many substitution
Add JIS_CP if there is a ShiftJIS cmap
Add some devanagari and kayahli
Improve "interpolationWeightY"
Hide the background image when switching to other tools
Improve arabic ligature sortNames
Use legible font in feature list

(3842) 2025-10-03

New App Icon
USE Glass style in macOS Tahoe
The Layer palette show extra layers with multiple glyphs selected
Add GreenHarmony (double click a curve node with the Shift key down)
Improve copy pasting shape (cutting and images)
Fix handling of image shapes
do not move locked shapes
fix extra paths from caps and corners
Fix Anchor editing
fix knife tool over components
Allow nukta (liga) anchors on each component of conjuncts
Improve image export
Handling of color spaces
in the image info box, make name clickable to allow reassigning an image
Improve pyi files
Fix import of vertical kerning
Import kerning classes from fea files into glyphs
Export of PS hints
Convert To Quadratic for all Masters from font view
Allow to align to single nodes in the background
Load custom icons with symlink/alias and from next to the .glyphs file
Load local Groups file
fix reading brace layer info in corners from Glyphs 2 files
Saudi Riyal and some more GlyphData refinement
Add more button and return value to Message() function
All kind of optimizations

(3841) 2025-08-27

Improve font info UI
add unicode info popup in font view
Improve Paste Special Dialog
When changing the alignment of guides, keep the position
Fix issue with quadratic curves
Improve UI hand handling of Palette colors
Automatically generated OT-classes have one name per line now (in format 4 files)
A lot smaller stability and UI improvements

(3840) 2025-08-19

New Features & Enhancements

Improve drawing metric names in right-to-left
Added dialogs for Add Masters… and Add Instances….
Added support for bounds.minX, bounds.minY, bounds.maxX, bounds.maxY, bounds.width, bounds.height, bounds.midX, and bounds.midY in tokens.
Added helper macros for convenience.
Added Unicode information popover in glyph info box.
Added CPAL v1 support.
Added ability to set layer name in coordinate mode.
Added live update for cell sizes.
Added help button to the context anchors panel.
Added support for controlling multiple Glyphs app instances via GSProxyPortNameUUID.
Added option to move quarantined plugins to a (Disabled) folder instead of deleting them.
Very basic variable CFF2 (e.g. brace layers are still ignored)
Improve computing feature variations

User Interface Improvements

Improve Tahoe UI
Improved wording in various dialogs and messages.
Rebuilt color preferences UI.
Updated grid to allow larger grid sizes.
Improved layout in EULA and Trial windows.
Add Python 3.14 compatibility.

Functionality Changes

Allowed all Mac name formats.
Used VarLibModel for feature code.
Used useExtension for aalt feature.
Prevented validation for corners (own axis handling).
Fixed stepping in the Metrics fields in the Glyph Info Box with some Locals.

Bug Fixes

Fixed multiple value placeholder issue.
Fixed overflow issue in aalt feature.
Fixed COLR and SVG from Master Colors export with “Rename Glyphs” parameter.
Fixed sidebar toggling.
Fixed STAT table issues.
Fix an issue when exporting mixed glyph/class kerning

(3838) 2025-07-14

Improve export of SVG from color layers
Improve export of TrueType outlines
reenable CFF subroutines
Set stroke attributes (corner, start/end style) on all masters
Fix deleting selected shapes (in all masters)
make converting lines to curves work on all masters
fix positioning of slanted metrics box
position of master compatibly warning bar
when changing the state of the "Enforce Compatibility Check" parameter, reset the master compatibility state
More type annotation for python wrapper
add font.color and use it to tint the titlebar
Next/Previous master now uses the filtered order in the Layers panel
More "Ignore Empty Layers"
Add Setting to change Guide Zoom Threshold
add "Keep Masters" custom parameter
Fix issue with calculation of unicode ranges
make sure all edits are committed in Glyph Detail Dialog
Fix a lot small issues
Stability improvements

(3837) 2025-06-19

Fix extra "Regular" in nameId1
Use all glyphs from imported font for feature generator
Fix "Force Extremes"
Improve corner components in intersections
load GlyphData, groups and filters from /Library/Application Support/Glyphs 4/Info, too
Remove error check for family length
Use uppercase for parametric axis tags
The mkmk feature puts all below and all above marks in one filter group
support for pytest tests in the scripting window
Add python type annotations (for GlyphsApp, (a tiny bit of) Cocoa, and vanialla)
Fix handling of missing python framework
fix error reporting from instance.generate()
Stability improvements

(3836) 2025-06-05

Fix crash on startup
Spanish localization

(3835) 2025-05-30

mark duplicate Segments in EditView
Draw green background color in thumbnails of glyphs files
Glyph note as tool tip in font view
Update number values in master setting UI when changed by a script
When importing from .otf, prefer the english name for postscriptFontName
API to to display toolTips in the edit view
better decide what ligatures go to rlig and dlig
add scripts/languages from OpenType 1.9
consolidate script suffixes
add "Save as CFF2" CP and "GSOutlineFormatCFF2" parameters
add CFF option to variable font export dialog
make pixel tool hotkey user definable
allow better manual setting of toolbar images for python plugins
WIP: add type hints to python wrapper
prevent collapsing of the list/Cover flow view split
Fix TrueType preview for italic fonts
Better interpolate slanted angle
fix reading underlinePosition
Improve the drawing of ghost hints
add Tagalog/Baybayin script
Fix rare case when rounding coordinates of offcurve nodes
A lot improvements

(3834) 2025-05-02

Improve handling of italic axis in STAT
Improve file format plugin API
Fix Roughen Filter for open paths
Add Layer panel option to show axis coordinates instead of master names
Fix cutting paths in outside overlaps
Allow string modifiers on tokens
Variable context anchors
add Reload buttons in "Import Font/Master" rows
Consolidate Categories in GlyphData
Remove Jacute/jacute (not needed anymore)
Stability improvements
Add type annotations to python wrapper
Store "UFO.identifier" in attributes
Ufo QuickLook

(3832) 2025-04-03

more x-hight cap-height with filter fallback
suggest more glyphs in Small Caps popup
Fix display of background image in Edit View
Provide easy access to advanced preferences from plug-ins
Various UI cleanup
Performance improvements for files with a lot instances
Improve drawing of extra info in Font View
allow "Export Mac Table Names" in instances, too
Add QuickLook for WOFF in macOS 15
Apply Round Corner filter for not exporting glyphs, too
Show recent docs in start window again
Fix Round Corner Filter
Correct width for vertically shifted components on exit/entry anchors in italic masters
Set maximum height for color palette popup
fix Add/remove offcurve to quadratic
Add "include in fvar/STAT/static/variable" parameter
fix preview of instances with "Scale to UPM" parameter
Fix Instance As Master
special case italic axis in STAT

(3831) 2025-03-12

Add grid detail view in Font View
Allow filters for x/cap-height that match Latin/Cyrillic/Greek to find default metrics
Fix issues with mark feature and multiple scripts
Use more specific marks in accent cloud
Avoid app hangs with Remove/Rename Glyphs
Fix ignore locked background images
Fix hidden path (selection and drawing)
Draw iOS and macOS icon template guides (set category to Icon and subCategory to "iOS" or "macOS")
Add advanced preferences
Change some internal user defaults keys. So some setting might reset to default
Font view sidebar for icon fonts
Improve kerning groups window
Improve "Reload Font" dialog
Fix Hatch filter
Improve path intersection functions
A lot smaller improvements in GlyphData
Improve drawing dark/light mode
Allow customization of in max zoom in edit view
Avoid rounding issues when removing nodes
Improve SVG import
Improve UI of Palette dialog
Always draw open path direction indicator to allow node type be visible for start node
Add GenerateCode filter

(3830) 2025-02-19

Add CPAL palettes to the color picker for color layers
Improve remove overlap with TrueType curves
Fix Updating of font sidebar in edit view
Cmd+A also selects only all components
add project settings to allow export destinations per folder of .glyphs files
Update some localization
Apply "Disable Masters" when color layer or COLR/CPAL/SVG
Add Sinhala to the sidebar
Improve Remove Overlap for TrueType curves
Improve compatibility when removing overlap with slanted masters
refactor removeOutsideOverlap to support more segment types
performance when exporting with a lot components (pixel)
apply "Scale to UTM" in InterpolationFontProxy
Try to load invalid properties
Show error when a glyph has too many node on TTF export
Improve rounding behavior
cleaner maxp values
Fix list comprehension on layer.shapes and path.nodes
Add math operators to a few objects in the python wrapper
fix reading "public.skipExportGlyphs"
proper TT-instruction code for vertical snaps

(3829) 2025-01-13

Update content of glyph sidebar in edit view and sync selection to active layer
Add vertical metrics transformation to "Transform Metrics"
Project Window
- Show version number in the project window
- Remove the "reload button" and move it into the plus button menu
Fix issue with masked shapes
Improve some names for paren and brace glyphs (e.g. curlybracket > brace)
WIP: add Math variations to sidebar
New Filter-API: runFilterActionAlternate: and titleAlternate allow custom alternate menu items per filter (e.g. to implement "For all masters")
WIP: add UI for node based stroke settings
WIP: Simplify filter
Improve localization
Fix a lot issues and improve performance

(3828) 2024-12-30

Improve "static instance settings"
Try to improve edge cases on matching of corners
Fix some "remove overlap" issues

(3827) 2024-12-23

When "Keep Layer edits in sync" is on, change anchor name in all layers
UI of project dialog
Use export dialog in projects, too
Fix error reporting from project export
Improve Color glyph rendering
Limit font colors to sRGB
In "Show Master Compatibility" add option to only compare to default layer
Add "Compatibility" panel (context menu in edit mode)
Fix copy pasting form G3 to G4
Add Edit Previous/Next Layer menu items
Fix several rounding related issues
Respect "variable Style name" from default instance
[UFO] write guides according to the older (restored) spec
Some TrueType instruction improvements
Ignore sections (`**name**`) in name lists
Flip ogonek <> ogonekabove for transformed components
Add "Move on Axis" panel
Add "Slanter" filter

(3826) 2024-12-11

Remove Overlap for quadratic segments
Many more improvements for editing TrueType curves
Fix STAT for "Extra/Semi …" names
Fix sorting of Numbers
Tidy Up Path for all masters remove empty paths, too
Fix re-interpolating layers
Better handle miter limit
Improve offset curve for more complex segments
Fix resizing and layout in Glyph Info Box
In Font View, put numbers in a new group for each script
Show newly added glyphs even if a filter prevents it
Add copy "Production Name" to "Copy Glyph Names" context menu
Fix initial search menu state in Font View search
Add user settings to add user name and to allow disabling crash reports
Fix typing in vertical Metrics fields in master settings
Fix scale of handle knobs and hit testing
Add bounding box slanting (hold Option key when hovering the bounding box handles)
Fix removing hints when nodes are removed
Improve copy pasting of hints/corners
WIP: Ask what to do with double click a component (we are not decided how that will be in the final version)
WIP: draw export state in Edit View
Fix updating features from Edit view
Fix restoring of Edit Views

(3825) 2024-11-26

Improve color layer drawing
Fix import of gradient and named colors from svg
Improve the "Reload changed file" dialog.
Add component.slant to python API
Use sRGB for all colors
Use user defined colors in preview view
Fixed glitches with guide in macOS Sonoma
Add some unicode 14 arabic
Add decompose for braille
Fix import of RTL kerning from .otf
Round tripping of node and shape identifiers to and from .ufo
Handling of quadratic curves
Improve debugging in Scripting window
Add support for python 3.13

(3824) 2024-11-09

Fix “An unknown error occurred when writing raw font.” after changing export folder
Improve Quicklook
Add search/filter field to feature code editor
Fix search menu in kerning panel
Add Instance filtering
Improve shapes sidebar
Add auto button for unicode ranges dialog
More Myanmar mark code
Prevent undo of newly added glyphs from edit view
While drawing, undo doesn't disrupt the drawing any more
Copy pasting of path and node attributes and glyph tags
Improve (color) drawing code
WIP: more flexible offset curve
Add Yezidi
Improve ufo import
Streamline generated fea code
- put all languages into one language statement
- only write the script once
- add descriptive lookup names
Add more context menu commands to shortcuts
Allow multiple unicodes in "Reencode Glyphs"
Fix export of aligned components with "*origin" anchor
Ignore family name related parameters from static instances
Min/MaxSystemVersion for plugins
Fix import of anchors from .otf

(3823) 2024-10-09

Better update components in Font View
Improve vertical layout
Add Search Replace Attributes dialog
Add "case sensitive option to search an replace dialog
Improve export of COLR fonts.
Improve import of styles from SVG
Import all color layers form variable fonts
Fix masks on colored shapes
Fix corners after decomposing components
Fix components in the background of brace layer
Fix import of class kerning
Improve TT conversion and export
Fix layout of .LTR/RTL exit/entry anchors
Prevent duplicate identifiers in .ufo
Make Quicklook work again macOS 15 (new API)
Prevent autosaving on network drives
Add "Keep GlyphOrder" parameter to avoid any reordering
Fix exporting from script
Add UI.MenuItem
Fix Text Preview
Allow copy pasting glyphs (char value) from font view to edit view
When typing quickly, allow character input after pressing space
Add Vai, Osmanya, Nko, Adlam icons

(3822) 2024-09-14

Add some preview for Arabic dots
Improve performance for pixel fonts with higher pixel count
Fix anchor menu in the component info box
Show package in Finder in Plugin Manager
Performance for pixel fonts
Add GSGlyphPreview.transformation
Improve shape sidebar
Add shortcuts for "Expand Outline"
Fix "open corner" size for brace layers
Add “Extra Sync Metrics Threshold for Linked Masters” parameter
Add “Export PostProcessing Script”
Add {{{filePath}}} and {{{format}}} tokens to “Export Folder”
Fix edit view restoration
Several UI improvements

(3821) 2024-08-30

better validate anchor names again
Improvements for shape sidebar
Update older API
apply "to all Masters" only to compatible layers
add "Close Open Paths in all Masters"
Show anchor cloud for anchors with suffixes
always draw hollow entry anchor
Small fixes for GlyphData
make sure there are no smart quotes in feature notes
Properly write GDEF mark classes
Improve SVG import
Improve performance when adding a lot of glyphs to a big font
mark filtering for bottom anchors (Myanmar)
some variable instance CP and be written to G2 file
rework Plugin Manager UI

(3820) 2024-07-28

Increase minimal supported MacOS version to Big Sur (MacOS 11)
With format 4 glyphsPackage, write features and kerning into individual files?
allow token search like "name=A case!=Upper"
Improve Shape sidebar (bigger, Copy/Paste Attributes …)
Improve color layer drawing
Add stroke line cap style align to axis X/Y options
Add/Improve Glyphs info for Telugu, N’ko, Adlam, Osmanya, Vai, Unicode 16 Latin+Cyrillic, Serbian-Macedonian
When showing all pairs from kerning panel, add spaces between arabic pairs to avoid shaping
Apply anchor annotations (e.g. _top@centerX) to all glyphs
Performance importing a lot masters
allow manually setting GSAlignmentHorizontal
decompose revered component when exporting to TTF/variable
slightly thicker selection for start/end nodes
read/write path identifier to .ufo
validate anchor names
remove shortcut from Annotation tool
add user defaults for guide colors (no UI yet)
export/import of color theme
Improve error reporting

(3818) 2024-06-18

Fix active state of some buttons (broken in 3817)
Add rotation from the bounding box handles
Add mouse over to transform grid
Fill corner highlight path

(3817) 2024-06-13

Fix/improve stroke, shadow and gradients (UI an rendering)
Import more attributes when copy pasting from Illustrator and avoid rounding
Improve shapes sidebar
Opacity and compositing panel
Improve COLR1 support
Small improvements to the Smart Glyphs Settings Window.
Improve installing and updating plugins
Some Compare Fonts improvements
A lot small changes and all changes from Glyphs 3.3

(3815) 2024-04-05

Allow specifying master Name in metric keys
Ask before deleting scripts
Fix debugging in the scripting window
Run flake8 if available instead of compiling in scripting window
Use .fullWidth number value to align .full glyphs

(3814) 2024-02-29

Allow formulas and tokens in stroke settings
Improve debugging in the scripting window
WIP: allow grouping in the shape panel
Add support for #if and "fea Macros"
Changes from 3.2

(3813) 2024-01-14

Some Component alignment fixes
Ship MasterMenu plugin with the app

(3812) 2024-01-13

Fix interpolation issue
Improve the Updating of Plugins/Modules.
Make sure the kerning is sorted to avoid diffs
Filter include/exclude with wildcards
In the "Alignment Dialog", allow left/right arrow for selecting buttons in selected lines
Re-enable decomposition of "underscore" anchors from all glyphs (not only marks)
Make sure there are at least two alternate glyphs for ssty feature
add generator for dtls feature
Fix small isse with quoted string when writing files
Fix flipped corners with brace layers
Fix overlap glyphs with vertical text layout after line break
Better min/max values in the transform panel
When opening a file, check for duplicate unicodes
Improve SVG import with unusual viewbox setting
Add support for Kawi, Mundari script for OpenType features
Improve updating of plugins by the Plugin Manager
Fix export of CID keys fonts
Fix width alignment of brace layers
Allow smaller scaling of the whole font (Font Info > UPM)
Fix tabbing (and back-tabbing) in font view list mode
Improve export of corner components with extra brace layer
Improve setting shortcuts in Preferences
Better handle empty axis tags
Don’t update metrics with empty glyphs
Fix "Show All Glyphs" from Kerning Panel
Fix undo problems with Text Preview window
Improve Show Master Compatibility with color layers
Increase the size for the smart component settings dialog
Check for duplicates in the Generate Glyphs dialog
When using an UFO.identifier, store it for next time
Improve handling iColor image handle
Fix export of "kerx" prefix
Update Japanese localization
Add "Export DSIG Table" custom parameter
Export cursive attachment for spacing marks
Fix LTR cursive attachment preview and also implement support for multiple exit/entry chains
Disable curs preview when kerning is disabled
Fix stepping in the OFFCURVE node "Length" field

(3811) 2024-01-10

WIP: add context kerning
import avar table

(3810) 2024-01-06

Keep corners when option dragging
Fix issue writing some non ascii characters in .glyphs files

(3809) 2024-01-04

Use the same variable math as fontTools/VarLib
Avar2 support/UI
Variable preview in Preview Panel (useful to set up avar2. Have both windows open side by side)
Handling of stroke settings
Improve Color Layer processing/drawing
Draw wider metrics/compatibility bars for layer with negative sidebearing
Checkerboard pattern for color layers with transparent background
Separate Colors into its own pref pane
All changes from 3.2, too

(3808) 2023-11-09

Improve export of of axis masters a bit
Rework the accent cloud drawing a bit to allow hiding the cloud with the hand tool
Improve feature code tokens a bit
Fix error reporting in OpenType editor
Remove limit of number of component for alignment
Draw yellow indicator for overlapping offcurve nodes
Make sure to round vertical metrics in OS/2 table (when applying "Scale To UPM" parameer)
Fix crash after Paste Special with brace layers
Add showMasterInFontInfo to layer panel
Fix caps on the beginning of strokes
Change the behavior of tab.layers to return the visible layers and add setter for tab.layersCursor

(3807) 2023-11-04

Fix crash on startup
Add writing direction control to kerning panel
Add "Enable Automatic Alignment in all Masters"
Avoid kerning UI when the glyphs are from different masters
Fix "Clear all masters"
More Latin representation forms in ccmp
Fix export of zone deltas
Add File > Import of vertical matrices and stems
Fix drawing of background with "Master Color" cp
Fix issue with local glyphData files
Prevent overwriting of manually code in @Uppercase class
Show mark cloud on composite glyphs
Catch smart component layers for more "all masters" operations
Better center anchor positions
Fix round tripping of cvt values when opening a .ttf
Fix ccmp feature for Thai
Do not align components in tabular figures by default
Handling of userData of guides (and preserve ufo guides info)
More ufo roundtripping fixes

(3806) 2023-10-16

Add "Decompose in all Masters" to context menu
More "Disable Masters" improvements
Fix "Scale to UPM"
Fix "Prevent Name ID" when appleid on font
Fix issue with typing in edit view features are applied
Prevent clipping when printing grid view
Avoid rounding issues when aligning nodes
Align selection in all masters
Better handle invalid TrueType hints
Add "Export TrueType/PostScript Hints" parameter
Sorting of math glyphs
Fine tune tidy up path, again
Add and remove nodes for all masters
Add "Decompose in all Masters" to context menu
Improvements to the stroke/fill panel
Add search field for Add Master dialog
More "Disable Masters" improvements
Check "Virtual Master" for axis ranges
Sort features
Show extra languages in gray in input field
Improve importing fonts with invalid OPOS/GSUB
Fix empty QCURVEs in Tidy up paths
Ignore disabled instances when generating STAT
Prevent undo after making a new document form glyph set
More flexible anchor@metrics. Details
load better default values for incomplete coordinates (brace layers)
Fix calculation of axis range with unusual master setup
add Pip window
Some performance
A lot under under the hood improvements

(3805) 2023-09-18

Improve "Tidy up"
- connection setting for all masters
- add "GSTidyUpThreshold" user setting (default: 0.005 useful range:0.03–0.001))
- If will tidy up better the first time
Improve memory usage of python scripts
alway check connections when tidy up paths
Fix inferring deltas
for liga2mark, put none default anchors in individual lookups
Corner components on quadratics
In Edit View > Feature selector, sort features by lookups
improve performance of (variable) export
Fix update of auto aligned glyphs in preview view

(3804) 2023-09-13

Add automatic writing direction mode
Improve stability of macro window and improve debugging/breakpoints
Fix problem with "Disable Master" in variable font export
Fix manually installation of plugins that are in a git repo
A lot smaller changes