Fontstand Changelog

What's new in Fontstand 2.1.2 Build 78

Sep 25, 2018
  • Fixed a minor visual glitch with macOS 10.14 Mojave.

New in Fontstand 2.1.1 Build 77 (May 6, 2018)

  • New: it is now possible to horizontally scroll long font previews in the Font family view.
  • Fixed: the issue when after upgrading the operating system the main app window would not open.

New in Fontstand 2.1.0 Build 76 (Feb 9, 2018)

  • Live Font preview is now implemented in more places - including Search results, User collections and Foundry view.
  • Better UI for adding and removing items from User collections.
  • Some overall code optimizations and improvements.

New in Fontstand 2.0.0 Build 73 (Nov 27, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Downloading of PDF documents and invoices from the user account works again.

New in Fontstand 2.0.0 Build 72 (Oct 31, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Some users temporarily lost their rental history and Favorites collections upon upgrade to v2.0. This doesn’t happen anymore.

New in Fontstand 2.0.0 Build 71 (Oct 6, 2017)

  • What’s New:
  • Live Font preview – the redesigned "Fonts" window now includes the option to preview fonts in rows of text, making browsing of all available font families much faster.
  • You can now choose between preselected text samples or use your own live text input in any script.
  • Select and test available OpenType features on the fly.
  • Font rows are horizontally scrollable to preview text of any length.
  • Preview of the original "Aa" font samples in a grid view is now much faster as well.
  • Fixed:
  • Search results sometimes gave a blank window. This doesn’t happen anymore.

New in Fontstand 1.4.5 Build 66 (Jul 4, 2017)

  • Find the right fonts more easily using a completely new Discover section in the app.
  • Examples of Fontstand fonts in context are shown in the new Fonts In Use section (courtesy of www.fontsinuse.com).
  • View all the foundries own storefront banners in the new Foundry Banners section.

New in Fontstand 1.3.0 Build 54 (Sep 15, 2016)

  • New functionality adding hosted web fonts to desktop font rental service
  • Extensively updated UI elements for Trial and Rental
  • Fixed issue with adding sharing users
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Fontstand 1.2.0 Build 52 (May 4, 2016)

  • New extensive parametric font filtering in the app to help font search
  • 66 visual parameters in addition to the existing language filters
  • Added a duplicate User menu item in the main application menu bar
  • Fixed "Couldn't connect to Agent" error on the app startup
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Fontstand 1.1.0 Build 42 (Dec 7, 2015)

  • Added support for live preview of custom sample text in the app
  • Added support for right-to-left language script fonts
  • Supports customized text for default font preview
  • Allows forced synchronization of all active fonts from the menu
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Fontstand 1.0.6 Build 36 (Oct 2, 2015)

  • Compatibility fixes for OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Better error handling of font synchronization
  • Improved font synchronization
  • Automatic sign in after aplication updates
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Fontstand 1.0.5 Build 33 (Aug 26, 2015)

  • Search field now offers search suggestions by search category
  • Random sorting order remembered for back actions
  • Minor search bug fix
  • Minor graphic improvements
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Improved handling of unexpected installation situations
  • Improved font synchronisation
  • Fixed font synchronisation problems regarding Adobe CS on Mavericks

New in Fontstand 1.0.4 Build 26 (Aug 26, 2015)

  • Improved language filters
  • Sorting now remembers the user setting for category
  • Improved user feedback on trial activation
  • Minor graphic improvements
  • Added future support for webfont links
  • Fixed installation problems with non-standard user privileges