diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/4.2.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/4.2.0.rst index e405ab58b..2bd2cbe5b 100644 --- a/docs/releasenotes/4.2.0.rst +++ b/docs/releasenotes/4.2.0.rst @@ -1,11 +1,26 @@ 4.2.0 ----- +Added Complex Text Rendering +============================ + +Pillow now supports complex text rendering for scripts requiring glyph +composition and bidirectional flow. This optional feature adds three +dependencies: harfbuzz, fribidi, and raqm. See the install +documentation for further details. This feature is tested and works on +Un*x and Mac, but has not yet been built on Windows platforms. + Removed Deprecated Items ======================== Several deprecated items have been removed. -* The methods :py:meth:`PIL.ImageWin.Dib.fromstring`, :py:meth:`PIL.ImageWin.Dib.tostring` and :py:meth:`PIL.TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v2.as_dict` have been removed. +* The methods :py:meth:`PIL.ImageWin.Dib.fromstring`, + :py:meth:`PIL.ImageWin.Dib.tostring` and + :py:meth:`PIL.TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v2.as_dict` have + been removed. -* Before Pillow 4.2.0, attempting to save an RGBA image as JPEG would discard the alpha channel. From Pillow 3.4.0, a deprecation warning was shown. From Pillow 4.2.0, the deprecation warning is removed and an :py:exc:`IOError` is raised. +* Before Pillow 4.2.0, attempting to save an RGBA image as JPEG would + discard the alpha channel. From Pillow 3.4.0, a deprecation warning + was shown. From Pillow 4.2.0, the deprecation warning is removed and + an :py:exc:`IOError` is raised.