texlive[73615] Build/source/texk/web2c: NEWS entries for font scaling

commits+karl at tug.org commits+karl at tug.org
Mon Jan 27 23:28:37 CET 2025


Revision: 73615
          https://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=73615
Author:   karl
Date:     2025-01-27 23:28:37 +0100 (Mon, 27 Jan 2025)
Log Message:
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NEWS entries for font scaling >=2048pt fix

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/NEWS
    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS
    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/xetexdir/NEWS

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/NEWS	2025-01-27 22:21:07 UTC (rev 73614)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/NEWS	2025-01-27 22:28:37 UTC (rev 73615)
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 

 2025 (for TeX Live 2025)
+* For all engines: scaling fonts to >= 2048pt now results in an error
+  message, instead of (unhandled) arithmetic overflow or silent changing
+  of the user's value.
 
 

 2024 (for TeX Live 2024, 10 March 2024)

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS	2025-01-27 22:21:07 UTC (rev 73614)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS	2025-01-27 22:28:37 UTC (rev 73615)
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   - increase tolerance for detecting interword spaces in overfull lines.
   - ignore tiny resolutions like 1x1 embedded in images instead of
     exceeding \maxdimen.
+  - scaling fonts to >= 2048pt now results in an error
+    message, instead of (unhandled) arithmetic overflow or silent changing
+    of the user's value.
 
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 pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.26 (TeX Live 2024) (March 10, 2023)

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/xetexdir/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/xetexdir/NEWS	2025-01-27 22:21:07 UTC (rev 73614)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/xetexdir/NEWS	2025-01-27 22:28:37 UTC (rev 73615)
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   to 1, the error "Infinite glue shrinkage" becomes a warning
   (exit status remains 0). Other values reserved for future use.
 
+* scaling fonts to >= 2048pt now results in an error message, instead of
+  (unhandled) arithmetic overflow or silent changing of the user's value.
+
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 XeTeX 0.999996 (February 2024)
 



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