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         <div id="news">
           <h2>News &amp; Updates</h2>
 
+
+          <h4>FreeType 2.9</h4>
+          <div class="date">2018-01-08</div>
+
+          <p>FreeType version 2.9, the first release of a new
+            &lsquo;minor&rsquo; series, is now available for download.
+            The main reason for starting a new series is Ewald Hew's
+            GSoC contribution of making Adobe's CFF engine handle
+            Type&nbsp;1 fonts also, greatly improving the rendering
+            quality of this ancient but still important font
+            format.</p>
+
+          <p>If you are going to use variation fonts, please update to
+            this version since it comes with some important fixes.
+            More information on this and other changes can be
+            found <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.9/">here</a>.</p>
+
+
           <h4>FreeType 2.8.1</h4>
           <div class="date">2017-09-16</div>
 
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           <p>[Please download the 2.5.0.1 bundle of the FreeType
             library, which fixes a packaging error.]</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.12</h4>
-          <div class="date">2013-05-08</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.12 has been released.  A major new feature
-            is a new parsing and hinting engine for CFF fonts,
-            contributed by Adobe in collaboration with Google.  It was
-            my job the last few months to fully adapt the code to
-            FreeType, and we are very pleased with the results.  You
-            might also read the blog entries from
-            <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2013/05/adobe-contributes-cff-rasterizer-to-freetype.html">Adobe</a>
-            and <a href="http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2013/05/got-cff.html">Google</a>.</p>
-
-          <p>In connection with the new CFF engine, the demo programs,
-            especially <tt>ftview</tt> and <tt>ftdiff</tt>, have been
-            improved a lot; as usual, more details on the changes can
-            be found in
-            the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.12/">release
-            notes</a>.</p>
-
-          <p>I also want to say a big thank you to all the people who
-            have already donated to the campaign!  In particular I
-            want to thank Adobe, which has contributed to half the
-            total pledgie amount.</p>
-
-          <h4>Pledgie Campaign for Development and Maintenance</h4>
-          <div class="date">2012-12-20</div>
-
-          <p><a href="https://pledgie.com/campaigns/18808">
-              <img alt="Click here to lend your support to the FreeType project and make a donation at pledgie.com!"
-                   src="https://pledgie.com/campaigns/18808.png"
-                   border="0"
-                   align="middle">
-          </a></p>
-
-          <p>I've started a pledgie campaign for FreeType development
-            and maintenance.  While no single company employs me
-            (Werner Lemberg) directly to work on it, I am constantly
-            improving it, adding new features, relentlessly driving up
-            quality, and responding to other developers’ requests.</p>
-
-          <p>If you or your company is using FreeType in your product,
-            and you care about continuing support and further
-            development, please contribute to my funding effort so I
-            can continue to bring the best text rendering to your
-            devices!</p>
-
-          <p>Besides user support and fixing bugs, your money will
-            help me implement
-            the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/REC-WOFF-20121213/">WOFF</a>
-            font format and extending FreeType's auto-hinter to
-            support more scripts, together with other issues as
-            outlined in
-            the <a href="https://pledgie.com/campaigns/18808">roadmap</a>.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.11</h4>
-          <div class="date">2012-12-20</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.11 has been released.  This is partly a
-            security release (for users of fonts in BDF format), but
-            it also contains important improvements:</p>
-
-          <ul>
-            <li>experimental support for TrueType subpixel hinting
-              support, as documented in
-              Microsoft's <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/truetypecleartype.aspx">whitepaper</a></li>
-            <li>support for OpenType Collections</li>
-          </ul>
-
-          <p>See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.11/">this
-              file</a> for the complete release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
-
-          <h4>Redesigned Homepage</h4>
-          <div class="date">2012-12-20</div>
-
-          <p>The website has been redesigned, giving it a more recent
-            look to enhance readability and to make navigation easier.
-            Note that only the two topmost levels have been changed
-            yet; the remaining pages will follow.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.10</h4>
-          <div class="date">2012-06-15</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.10 has been released.  This is minor
-            release, fixing mainly a problem for GhostScript.
-            See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.10/">this
-              file</a> for the release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.9</h4>
-          <div class="date">2012-03-08</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.9 has been released.  This is mainly a
-            security release, fixing many potential vulnerabilities.
-            All users should upgrade.
-            See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.9/">this
-              file</a> for the release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.8</h4>
-          <div class="date">2011-11-15</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.8 has been released.  This is a security
-            release, also providing a new API for accessing dictionary
-            data in Type&nbsp;1 fonts.  All users should upgrade.
-            See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.8/">this
-              file</a> for the release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.7</h4>
-          <div class="date">2011-10-18</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.7 has been released.  This is a security
-            release.  All users should upgrade.
-            See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.7/">this
-              file</a> for the release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.6</h4>
-          <div class="date">2011-07-29</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.6 has been released.  This is a security
-            release.  All users should upgrade.
-            See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.6/">this
-              file</a> for the release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
-
-          <h4>FreeType 2.4.5</h4>
-          <div class="date">2011-06-24</div>
-
-          <p>FreeType 2.4.5 has been released.  This is a maintenance
-            release.  All users should upgrade, especially if you
-            still experience rendering degradations with version
-            2.4.4.
-            See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.5/">this
-              file</a> for the release notes, which give more
-            details.</p>
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