v1.22.0
UNITRONIX/BetterDeskv1.22.0Sep 20, 2026by abimaelmartell
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AI Summary
Adds right-to-left text support, symbol fonts, tracked titles, and font metadata to the PDF inspector.
Key Highlights
- Reads right-to-left lines using the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
- Decodes simple fonts through `/BaseEncoding` and built-in encodings.
- Keeps tracked display text whole when letter spacing is written.
- Adds `bold_source` and `fixed_pitch` to text items.
- Widens zero-area `/BBox` of Form XObjects.
Breaking Changes
- Rust migration: `TextItem` literals need the new `bold_source` and `fixed_pitch` fields.
New Features
- Right-to-left text support.
- Symbol font decoding.
- Tracked display text preservation.
- Font metadata fields.
Full Release Notes
Changes since 1.21.0: - Read right-to-left lines back through the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm: Hebrew and Arabic text stored in visual order comes out in reading order even when the line holds numbers, Latin phrases or punctuation; glyph-by-glyph positioned words cluster into words by the line's own gaps; presentation forms normalize to their letters once the text is in reading order (#552). - Decode simple fonts through their `/BaseEncoding`, the Symbol and ZapfDingbats built-in encodings and their glyph names — Adobe Glyph List, `uniXXXX` and numbered `gNN`/`cidNN` names resolved against the embedded program — so symbol bullets, arrows and math operators read as the glyphs they are. A code the `/Differences` array names but cannot map reads as nothing, and a Type3 font's glyph-procedure names are never taken for glyph indexes (#553). - Keep tracked display text whole when its letter spacing is written as `TJ` offsets, so a spaced-out title reads as words rather than one letter per word (#548). - Add `bold_source` (where `is_bold` came from) and `fixed_pitch` to text items, and `bold_weight_threshold` to the positioned-text options; with `bold_from_weight` adjacent runs merge by the bold verdict; `is_bold_font` recognises Demi, Semibold, Ultra, Heavy and Black faces and the foundry abbreviations (#547). - Widen the zero-area `/BBox` of Form XObjects at load so their text is extracted and the page renders; Rust gains `widen_degenerate_form_bboxes_mem(bytes)` for the repaired document (#550). - Judge a CID-keyed font page's text decoded before calling it vector text, and bound Form XObject content inflation (#551). - Regression fixtures for the boxes of text drawn with a reflected matrix (#549). `bold_from_weight` and `bold_weight_threshold` stay opt-in; the default `is_bold` now also reads the weight names above as bold. **Rust migration:** `TextItem` literals need the new `bold_source` and `fixed_pitch` fields. Release preparation: #556. [Full changelog](https://github.com/firecrawl/pdf-inspector/compare/v1.21.0...v1.22.0)
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