2.8.1
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+Overview of changes leading to 2.8.1
+Tuesday, May 4, 2021
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+- Subsetter now fully supports GSUB/GPOS/GDEF tables (including variations); as
+ such, layout tables are retained by subsetter by default. (Garret Rieger, Qunxin Liu)
+- Build scripts no longer check for FontConfig as HarfBuzz does not use it.
+- hb-view supports iTerm2 and kitty inline image protocols (Khaled Hosny),
+ it can also use Chafa for terminal graphics if available (Hans Petter Jansson).
+
Overview of changes leading to 2.8.0
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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