1.2.6
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+Overview of changes leading to 1.2.6
+Friday, April 8, 2016
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+
+- Blacklist GDEF table of another set of Times New Roman (Bold) Italic.
+- DirectWrite backend improvements.  Note: DirectWrite backend is
+  exclusively for our internal testing and should NOT be used in any
+  production system whatsoever.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.2.5
 Monday, April 4, 2016
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