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-<h3><a name="Version8.71"></a>Version 8.71 (2010-02-08)</h3>
-
-<p>
-This is a candidate release for the version 8.71.
+<h3><a name="Version8.71"></a>Version 8.71 (2010-02-10)</h3>
<p>This is the second release in the stable 8.7x series. It features
improved handling of fonts, nesting and color fixes with
@@ -66,7 +63,10 @@ transparency objects, reduced memory footprint for the halftone cache,
as well as improvements to the pxl output devices,
and the usual number of bug and robustness fixes.
-<p>New in this release is an experimental project file for Microsoft Visual Studio. This wraps the normal nmake build, and makes it easier for developers on that platform to get started building Ghostscript.</p>
+<p>New in this release is an experimental project file for
+Microsoft Visual Studio. This wraps the normal nmake build,
+and makes it easier for developers to get started building
+Ghostscript with that compiler.</p>
<p>Support for tiff file output is now provided using the libtiff
implementation rather than our more limited native code as in
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ to the 'tiffsep' device which produces 8 bit-per-pixel plates.
<p>Support for using FreeType as a type rasterizer has been greatly improved.
We do not recommend its use as of this release, but it is much more functional
-than previously and our intent is that it eventually become the default.
+than previously and our intent is that it will become the default in a future
+release.
<p>The graphics library has been updated to provide more accurate scan
conversion of vector art including fixes to dash behavior, transparent
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ or contact Artifex Software, Inc., 7 Mt. Lassen Drive - Suite A-134,
San Rafael, CA 94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861, for further information.
<p>
-<small>Ghostscript version 8.71, 8 February 2010
+<small>Ghostscript version 8.71, 10 February 2010
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