v1.18.0 v1.19.0
vercel-labs/webreelSep 8, 2026 → Sep 9, 20262 days between releases
What's New
Refines text extraction accuracy and exposes legacy symbol metadata.
Breaking Changes
- Rust TextItem literals now require legacy_symbol_rewrite: false for items without symbol cleanup.
New Features
- Exposure of legacy symbol metadata in Rust and Node
Improvements
- Preserve stroke-simulated bold font styles
- Honor horizontal text scaling
- Recover stale single-byte font mappings
- Keep separately clipped text runs apart
Bug Fixes
- Keep separately clipped text runs apart
- Recover stale single-byte font mappings
Upgrade Notes
Update Rust TextItem literals to include legacy_symbol_rewrite: false for items without symbol cleanup. The Node legacySymbolRewrite field is optional and emitted only when cleanup changed a character.
The Two Releases
1.18.0 — Text geometry and PDF loading fixes
Sep 8, 2026· 1 month ago
Improves text geometry, superscript/subscript handling, and PDF loading performance with new metadata fields and bounded decompression.
Full release notes1.19.0 — Text extraction fixes and symbol metadata
Sep 9, 2026· 1 month ago
This release focuses on refining text extraction accuracy by fixing font rendering issues like stroke-simulated bold and horizontal scaling, while exposing legacy symbol-rewrite metadata to developers.
Full release notes