Changelog:
v6.0.0 Latest
Changes in 6.0
Note: this is a major release due to the change in postscript naming
structure. Each font now uses abbreviations for Semibold, ExtraLight
and Medium (SmBld, ExtLt, and Medm respectively).
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.3] - 2021-08-13
Added
U+2500-U259F Box drawing characters and block elements
referenced in issue 93
U+2032 (PRIME) U+2033 (DOUBLE PRIME)
referenced in issue 145
glyphs /acaron /acaron.alt01 /icaron /ocaron /ucaron
/udieresismacron /udieresisacute /udieresisgrave /udieresiscaron
/Acaron /Icaron /Ocaron /Ucaron /Udieresismacron /Udieresisacute
/Udieresisgrave /Udieresiscaron to support pinyin
referenced in issue 84
U+017F (LONG S)
referenced in issue 158
U+00A4 (CURRENCY SIGN) U+2215 (DIVISION SLASH)
referenced in issue 280
Fixed
FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
referenced in issue 330
PostScript BlueScale values
Changed
more distinct shape for /a and related characters in italic styles
more distinct shape for /r and related characters
more distinct shape for /asciitilde
referenced in issue 322
replaced commaaccent with cedilla in glyphs /Tcedilla /tcedilla
referenced in issue 251
disabled bit 38 (Mathematical Operators) from OS/2 UnicodeRanges
[IBM PLEX SANS JP V1.0] - 2021-06-18
Added
Support for Japanese (9505 glyphs per font)
[IBM PLEX SANS DEVANAGARI V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS THAI V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS THAI LOOPED V1.2] - 2021-05-31
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX MONO V2.2] - 2021-05-28
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS V3.3] - 2021-05-28
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SERIF V2.7] - 2021-05-28
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
[IBM PLEX SANS ARABIC V1.2] - 2021-02-14
Added
Glyphs /alefMaksura_zain-ar.fina.rlig
/alefMaksura_zain-ar.fina.rlig.short /alefMaksura_jeh-ar.fina.rlig
/alefMaksura_jeh-ar.fina.rlig.short /alefMaksura_noon-ar.fina.rlig
Fixed
Mark placement on alternative form of /kaf
referenced in issue 284
Multiple spacing issues including /lam_meem ligatures
PostScript BlueScale values
FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
Changed
included logographs are not used by default anymore but can be
activated through OpenType layout feature "dlig"
referenced in issue 336
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to
improve interoperability
Removed
Glyphs /tteh_reh-ar.fina.short /tteh_zain-ar.fina.short
/tteh_rreh-ar.fina.short /tteh_jeh-ar.fina.short
[IBM PLEX SANS HEBREW V1.3] - 2020-12-04
Fixed
placement of dot in glyph /lamed_holam-hb
placement of dot in glyph /lamed_dagesh_holam-hb
metrics of /resh-hb
referenced in issue 343
metrics of /tav-hb
PostScript BlueScale values
FamilyClass value in OS/2 table
Changed
abbreviated font names used for style mapping (name ID1 + ID2) to improve interoperability
v5.2.1:
IBM Plex Sans JP:
Added:
- CSS stylesheets: css/ibm-plex-sans-jp.css and css/ibm-plex-sans-jp.min.css
- Sass entrypoint: scss/sans-jp/index.scss
The upcoming major release will make chosing specific font-weights and
languages easier for developers. Until then, enjoy IBM Plex Sans JP!
v5.1.3:
IBM Plex Sans KR:
Fixed:
- WWS naming scheme to make sure all weights are grouped together on certain
versions of Windows referenced in #326
v5.1.0:
IBM Plex Sans KR Styles:
- CSS stylesheets: css/ibm-plex-sans-kr.css and css/ibm-plex-sans-kr.min.css
- Sass entrypoint: scss/sans-kr/index.scss
Rendering CJK fonts performantly on the web requires many more subsets
than western languages. These additional subsets result in many more
font-family declarations. Adding these declarations to the currently
generated stylesheet would cause it to double in size.
For this reason, we've split IBM Plex Sans KR off into it's own style
sheet. In the future, we'll be exporting similar stylesheets per-language
so developers can chose inidividual languages to suit their users.
v5.0.0:
New font file updates for:
- IBM Plex Sans
- IBM Plex Serif
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed
- IBM Plex Mono
This includes some changes to the vertical metrics of the font files as
well as a few changes to the available glyphs.
Breaking:
- Changed IBM Plex Sans Condensed to IBM Plex Sans Cond, this won't impact
web applications, but could for other third party applications
New:
- IBM Plex Sans KR (Korean)
This makes it easier to use the mk fragment with fonts that need a build
step, like new liberation-ttf.
While here switch some fonts using post-install unnecessarily to do-install
(Committed at the same time as it wasn't tested separately)
No PLIST changes to the packages/build breakage, so no changes expected
to the packages.
Changelog:
Plex v4.0.2
Added
- OpenType layout feature "subs"
- meta table to all generated otf and ttf font files
Removed
- Glyph /ibmlogo07 (0xEBE7)
Fixed
- [IBM Plex Sans Hebrew-Text] /samekh (0x05E1) wrong right sidebearing
- Wrong kerning between /vav (0x05D5) /dagesh (0xFB35)
- Small metrics errors in Latin glyphs
- Errors in PS hint replacement in all files containing PostScript outlines
Changelog:
# Plex v4.0.1
## Chore
- removed deprecated `arabic` directory from sass distribution
# Plex v4.0
## Breaking
- Added "Sans" to font family name: "IBM Plex Sans Arabic"
## Fixed
- Set bit 67 (Arabic Presentation Forms B) of UnicodeRanges in OS/2 table
# Plex v3.0
## Breaking
- Added "Sans" to Thai and Devanagari family names:
"IBM Plex Sans Thai" and "IBM Plex Sans Devanagari"
## [IBM PLEX SANS THAI V1.1] - 2019-09-10
### Changed
- Synchronised vertical metrics with IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped 1.1
### Removed
- Glyph /ibmlogo07 (0xEBE7)
### Fixed
- Errors in PS hint replacement in all files containing PostScript outlines
## [IBM PLEX SANS DEVANAGARI V1.1] - 2019-07-19
### Fixed
- Certain font info fields in SemiBold style were incorrectly named "Medium"
- Many unbalanced bezier handles in extreme points
IBM-plex-otf provides the OpenType fonts of the Plex font family.
It comes in a Sans, Serif, Mono and Sans Condensed, all with
roman and true italics.
The fonts have been designed to work well in
user interface (UI) environments as well as other mediums.
