TCTypeCraftBETA 0.7.2

Product history

Release Notes

A human-readable record of how TypeCraft grows from the first glyph into a professional font-building system.

Large families save reliably

  • fixed

    Large outline projects and System settings now use compressed cloud uploads to stay within hosting request limits, with bounded server decompression.

Clearer cloud save feedback

  • improved

    Cloud save failures now show the specific error while keeping the local recovery copy and retrying.

Your font, from outline to live system

  • new

    Variable Font now previews the active project's real masters and weight axis instead of a demo font.

  • new

    System can pair your own cloud fonts with Google Fonts, another project, or the same family at different weights. Settings are saved with the project.

  • new

    Class-to-class kerning relationships now apply to all group combinations, with individual pair exceptions taking priority.

  • improved

    Spacing proofs and beta font exports share one FontTools compiler with native OpenType kerning and ligatures.

  • improved

    Spacing has its own pair, group and ligature sidebar and no longer needs the glyph inspector.

  • fixed

    Autosave serializes writes, flushes when switching editor tabs, retries failed saves, and preserves unsynced recovery without overwriting newer revisions.

  • fixed

    OAuth preserves the requested project route, reports sign-in errors and supports the new production domain.

  • fixed

    WOFF2 builds no longer stall when the browser compiler has already initialized.

  • internal

    Tighter project validation and private payment-event permissions prepare the builder for safer testing. Beta builds remain unlocked.

A more precise canvas

  • improved

    Drag selection now uses a clear rectangular selection box, with Shift to add points.

  • improved

    Grid-first snapping can also align to visible vector points and guides, with live alignment lines.

  • fixed

    Rulers, zoom and the vector canvas now share one coordinate system, and point markers remain perfectly round.

  • improved

    Sidebearings are shown as real font-space relationships and changing the left sidebearing moves the outline.

TypeCraft goes cloud

  • new

    Google accounts and private cloud projects keep work available across devices.

  • new

    A public feature-request board lets the community propose and vote on improvements.

  • new

    Release Notes now document how TypeCraft evolves.

  • improved

    Project revisions are immutable and autosave conflicts can no longer silently overwrite work.

Precise canvas interactions

  • improved

    Custom pointer and pen cursors now communicate drawing and movement states clearly.

  • fixed

    Removed competing native cursors over vector points and restored pointer feedback outside the canvas.

A canvas built for detail

  • new

    Canvas zoom now reaches 25,600% with cursor-anchored wheel zoom and adaptive rulers.

  • improved

    Vector points and Bézier handles have clearer hover and selected states.

Professional spacing tools

  • new

    Kerning pair tuner, reusable classes, ligatures and professional proof strings.

  • new

    Body-text proofs and an educational Pro Guide make spacing decisions easier to evaluate.

Fonts become projects

  • new

    Project dashboard and shared Editor, Variable Font and System navigation.

  • improved

    Recovery saves are isolated per project and beta font builds are unlocked for testing.

Ready for the web

  • internal

    Migrated TypeCraft to Next.js and established continuous Vercel deployment.

The first glyph

  • new

    The first TypeCraft font editor with editable outlines, metrics and font previews.