v55.0b1

This version is experimental, don't use it in production. If you find bugs, please report them!

Read about this release on our blog.

Dependencies

• Python 3.7+ is now needed, Python 3.6 is not supported anymore

Features

• #1534: Support word-break: break-all
• #489, #1619: Support column breaks
• #1553: Allow reproducible PDF generation

Bug fixes

• #1007, #1524: Handle inherit in shorthand properties
• #1539, #1541: Space out no-repeat patterns
• #1554: Avoid invalid PDF operators when drawing SVG text
• #1564, #1566, #1570: Don’t output footnotes before their call sites
• #1020, #1597: Prevent infinite loops in multi-column layout
• #1512, #1613: Fix position of absolute boxes in right-to-left contexts
• #1093: Draw borders around absolute replaced boxes
• #984, #1604: Fix skip stacks for columns
• #1621: Better support of nested text-decoration properties
• fe1f3d9: Fix absolute blocks in lines
• 4650b70: Clear adjoining margins when a container’s child doesn’t fit

Performance

• #1548: Improve tests speed
• 3b0ae92, #1457: Improve fonts management
• #1597: Improve column layout speed
• #1587, #1607, #1608: Cache ch and ex units calculations

Contributors

• Guillaume Ayoub
• aschmitz
• Lucie Anglade
• Christoph Kepper
• Jack Lin
• Rian McGuire

Backers and sponsors

• Grip Angebotssoftware
• Manuel Barkhau
• Crisp BV
• SimonSoft
• Menutech
• KontextWork
• Maykin Media
• René Fritz
• NCC Group
• Spacinov
• Nathalie Gutton
• Andreas Zettl
• Tom Pohl
• Kobalt
• Moritz Mahringer
• Florian Demmer
• Yanal-Yvez Fargialla
• Gábor
• Piotr Horzycki
• DeivGuerrero