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v0.7.1

lynx-family/lynxv0.7.1Aug 19, 2025by alixander

AI Summary

Adds ASCII rendering support, custom monospace fonts, and various rendering improvements. The release also introduces tooltips that always show when set to 'near' and fixes sequence diagram actor overlap issues.

Key Highlights

  • ASCII renders for diagrams are now supported.
  • Custom monospace fonts can be configured via CLI flags.
  • Tooltips with `near` set always show, even without hover.
  • Sequence diagram actors with labels and icons no longer overlap.

Breaking Changes

  • If using D2 as a library/API, passing a FontFamily with `sketch` renders now uses the font, instead of previously ignoring it.

New Features

  • ASCII renders
  • Cross arrowhead shape
  • style.underline support for class fields and methods
  • Custom monospace fonts
  • Border-x label positioning

Full Release Notes

#### Features 🚀

- ASCII renders. Output `txt` for d2 to render diagrams as ASCII art [#2572](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2572)
- `cross` arrowhead shape is available [#2190](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2190)
- `style.underline` support for class fields and methods [#2544](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2544)
- markdown, latex, and code can be used as edge labels [#2545](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2545)
- border-x label positioning functionality [#2549](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2549)
- tooltips with `near` set always show even without hover [#2564](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2564)
- CLI supports customizing monospace fonts with `--font-mono`, `--font-mono-bold`, `--font-mono-italic`, and `--font-mono-semibold` flags [#2590](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2590)

#### Improvements 🧹

- labels on scenario/step boards can be set with primary value (like layers) [#2579](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2579)
- autoformatter preserves order of boards [#2580](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2580)
- rename "Legend" with a title/label of your choosing (especially useful for non-English diagrams) [#2582](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2582)
- sketch mode fonts will use custom fonts if provided [#2582](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2591)

#### Bugfixes ⛑️

- actors in sequence diagrams with labels and icons together no longer overlap, position keywords now work too [#2548](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2548)
- fix double glob behavior in scenarios (wasn't propagating correctly) [#2557](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2557)
- fix diagram bounding box not accounting for legend in some cases [#2584](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/2584)

#### Breaking Changes

- If you are using D2 as a library/API, passing in a FontFamily with `sketch` renders will now use the font, instead of previously ignoring it.

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For the latest d2.js changes, see separate [changelog](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/blob/master/d2js/js/CHANGELOG.md).