2.6.1
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+Overview of changes leading to 2.6.1
+Thursday, August 22, 2019
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+- Fix regression with hb_font_create_sub_font scaling introduced in 2.6.0.
+- Change interpretation of font PTEM size / CoreText font size handling.
+  See https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/1484
+- hb-ot-font: Prefer symbol cmap subtable if present.
+- Apply 'dist'/'abvm'/'blwm' features to all scripts.
+- Drop experimental DirectWrite API.
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+
 Overview of changes leading to 2.6.0
 Tuesday, August 13, 2019
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