QuestPDF 2024.3.10

Version 2024.3.0 The primary theme of this release is the removal of the SkiaSharp dependency and the introduction of a custom native layer built on top of Skia M124. This change was necessary to provide much higher flexibility and enable several new long-awaited features: - Font subsetting - this feature includes only necessary font glyphs in the output document, greatly reducing the file size, especially when using glyph-rich fonts supporting multiple languages, - Improved text-related capabilities, including but not limited to text justification, bi-directionality, enhanced line breaking algorithms, more styles for text decoration, word spacing, and more, - Introduced additional document compression to further reduce file size, - Integrated native SVG support, - In future releases: enhanced accessibility through support for PDF tags. Other changes: - Removed the SkiaSharp dependency, thereby making QuestPDF a standalone library, - Updated the Lato font to the latest version (2.015), - Included licenses of the third-party dependencies in the NuGet package, - Included a list of Contributors in the NuGet package to acknowledge the valuable input from our Community in improving QuestPDF. Unfortunately, this release also introduces breaking changes: - Removed support for injecting SkiaSharp content directly into the document. It is still possible to integrate SkiaSharp through vector and raster graphics; please consult the documentation for more details, - Removed support for platforms: Android, iOS, UWP, WASM, and Linux-Alpine. We are currently investigating reintroducing support for WASM and Linux-Alpine in future releases. We would like to thank the SkiaSharp project, its maintainers, and contributors, for creating a fantastic graphics library. It was a fantastic foundation for QuestPDF for over 3 years. Version 2024.3.1 - Enhanced discoverability of text alignment options (AlignLeft, AlignCenter, AlignRight, AlignStart, AlignEnd and Justify) when using the shorthand Text method (common use case). - To enhance compatibility with existing codebases, we've removed the breaking change associated with the deprecation of the TextStyle.Fallback method. Although this method remains obsolete, we've reintroduced it with a compatibility layer to prevent disruptions. - Enhanced compatibility with dotnet standard projects. - Fix: on the Windows platform, the "Could not find an appropriate font fallback for the following glyphs: $U-000D" exception is thrown when the "QuestPDF.Settings.CheckIfAllTextGlyphsAreAvailable" is set true, and the "TextDescriptor.Line" method is used (that inserts the '\r' character). - Fix: resolved an issue where the positioning of hyperlinks was incorrect when text contained injected block items. Version 2024.3.2 - Introduced support for the linux-musl-x64 platform. - Adjusted how the Lato font is embedded in the NuGet package to prevent issues with the files not being provided on the platform-specific runtimes. - Improved compatibility with texts that contain the carriage return character '\r'. - Enhanced exception messages when the FontManager.RegisterFont method fails due to an invalid font file. - Enhanced the Canvas element deprecation message by adding a link to the documentation. - Fixed: the SVG image is not always scaled properly, especially when uses relative units internally (percentage, cm, "mm", etc.). - Fixed a sporadic `AccessViolationException` that occurred when UseEnvironmentFonts was set to `false` and documents were generated in parallel. - Fixed an issue where dynamic SVG images were not utilizing the available space correctly. This resulted in images with a zero size. Version 2024.3.3 - Improved the default scaling behavior of Image and SvgImage elements when they are direct descendants of the Constrained element (Width, Height, MinWidth, MinHeight, MaxWidth, MaxHeight). - Enhanced handling of texts containing the carriage return character '\r' within the custom page format setting. - Fixed: enhanced the handling of the TextStyle.LineHeight modifier for better consistency with industry-standard software, as well as adjusted the default value. - Fixed: when the UseEnvironmentFonts setting is enabled, the Lato font was not being properly registered. This issue could lead to runtime exceptions in specific minimal environments. - Fixed: Addressed a potential null reference exception in the SvgImage object’s finalizer that could lead to application crashes when handling invalid SVG content. Version 2024.3.4 - Improved font rendering by setting half-leading when line-height is overridden. - Enhanced exception messages for unsupported x86 platforms. Version 2024.3.5 - Enhancement: text uses half-leading by default. - Fixed: default text decoration color should match font color. - Fixed: the Column element may not render successfully when it has non-zero spacing, contains a child with zero height, and is repeated. Version 2024.3.6 - Introduced support for the win-x86 platform. - Improved SVG image support for less common unit types. - Enhanced automated testing environment. Version 2024.3.7 - Introduced an explicit CallingConvention.Cdecl to address and fix the issue of stack imbalance on Windows platforms. Version 2024.3.9 - Fixed: the thickness of text decorations was significantly higher than defined by the font settings. Version 2024.3.10 - Updated Skia to M126 release, - Enhancement: SVG content supports embedded PNG/JPEG images, - Enhancement: SVG content supports loading external images from application local directory.