Version 2024.9.14

Minor bug fix version for manual loaders.
No need to upgrade if you use service mode or tray mode or even registry mode.

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What's new:

1. MacLoader(64).exe has been updated with no more easyhook dependencies. fixed #1018
2. The way they work changed
   • Now they utilizes detours' DetourCreateProcessWithDllEx to start up executables, which is stabler and more native.
   • Applications that doesn't allow loading unsigned images will simply fail to launch with the new loader.
   • Lanuch application via association is not supported any more, which means you can't "start" a .zip file with the loader while previously, you can.

Version 2024.8.15

I know, I know it's not Aug 15 any more. Better late then never. Thank you for your patience!

Here's what's new in this version:

• Bump freetype version git:f92c96550ad763639158587974cf11067ace743d
• Bump easyhook version git:16f641c8e2197b01095f548c94dcbe696a816a05
• Mactype should now no longer cause application fail to start because of the annoying "access denied" error.
• Improve English translation, thanks to @sammilucia
• New profile ChicoThorn 2024.07.24 thanks to @ChicoThorn
• Easyhook is statically linked which means no more easyhk32/64.dll is needed, and less conflicts.

Version 2023.5.31, still preview

• Fixed a crash that was caused by incorrect indices of ID2D1Device5 and ID2D1Device6 #938. Thanks to @lhecker

• Implemented basic external control via messaging and CLI.

  • more info can be found here and here

• Included the latest @ChicoThorn profile. Thanks again.

• Included two prototype profiles for QD-OLED panel provided by @bp2008 in #932 (comment)

v1.2022.801.0 preview

Fixed the broken x64 support of vistuner.
Vistuner is now HiDPI ready.

1.2022.729.0 test build

⚠️Deprecated by v1.2022.801.0 preview

Fixed a serious bug where individual font settings are not applied in the previous test build. (#874)
Added support of x64 application for vistuner. It's broken
Make vistuner operations easier to understand.

1.2022.720.2 test build

This test build replaces the v1.2022.720.0 internal test build

DEPRECATED
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IF NOT ASKED!

This test build fixed the faulty harmony LCD rendering. Now it works as intended.
This new version should have a very close look to the classic Cleartype style one.

A new option has been added to support custom pixel layout:
[general] PixelLayout=a,b,c,d,e,f
where each letter represents an integer from -64 to 64, describing the coordinate of each sub-pixels.
More info can be found at https://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-lcd_rendering.html

A detailed guide will be provided once it's released to the public.

MacType tray app also got a bug squash so it's more stable now.

v1.2022.720.0 internal test build

REPLACED BY 1.2022.720.2, DO NOT USE

The attachment has been removed.

This test version includes mactype files works in Harmony LCD rendering mode, which means we can now work with pentile LCD panels.
Mactray.exe has been vastly improved, so that:

• service mode now works properly
• application UIs can be automatically refreshed when mactype is engaged.
• wmi sink is now much more stable than before, mactype should be working flawlessly after reboot

A new real-time tuner has been added, which allows you to tune your profiles while reflects what it looks like in real applications
Child process hooking has been improved so that there will be fewer cases that applications listed in the unloaddll section still got loaded (and unload after) causing certain apps to crash.

MacType 2021.1-RC1

Release candidate 1 is here. It will become final if no major error is found in the next few weeks. So please don't hesitate to raise an issue if you encounter anything suspicious.

Breaking changes

• Windows XP support was dropped. Please upgrade if you're still using this ancient system.
• Option ForceChangeFont was removed. Please use regular fontsubsitution instead.
• Registry mode was removed in the wizard. However, a detailed guide will be provided in the wiki to let you set it up manually if you still wish to use it.

New option

A new option under experimental section was introduced: ArmBreaker
It allows mactype to mildly compromise part of the system mitigation policy to make mactype work with some finicky programs like Chrome...

Changes and fixes introduced in RC1

1. Compatible with shadow stack (introduced with new CPUs), system apps on Windows 10+new CPU no longer crash because of that.
2. Bump FreeType to the latest git version (freetype/freetype@79ed536).
3. No longer intercept application environments.
4. Fixed a bug where an application could crash on mactype unloading because of some improper memory writes and assumptions.
5. Fixed a bug where in service mode, some applications occasionally couldn't be rendered.
6. Fixed a bug where an application may crash if a bitmap font is used (Windows10 only)
7. Fixed a bug where texts could be garbled when fontsubsitutes are used. (e.g. with Telegram)
8. A folder and its subfolders can now be included/excluded, it just needs to be ended with a ""
9. Fixed a bug where light+lcd didn't work as intended.
10. Localization adjustment.

Contributions are appreciated

All contributions are extremely appreciated. For now, some threads have been created to aggregate certain types of contributions.

• #742 for localizations.
• #557 for screenshot and profile tweaks
• #553 for tech discussions
  Any help on the currently struggling problems like UWP apps, DirectWrite, and system-enhanced scaling will be fantastic.

Have a nice one. Enjoy.

MacType 2019.1-beta6

Please note if you downloaded before 21-June-19, there is a minor error in the beta6 release. Please edit your main MacType.ini file and delete the svchost.exe entry, then restart your computer (or simply re-download and install the post 21-June version). We apologise for the inconvenience.

Hi, we're pleased to announce the next official beta of MacType. This is mainly a bugfix release, and should be the last beta before the release (2019.1).

Install: MacTypeInstaller_2019.1-beta6.exe

New Installer - Important!

The new installer will uninstall any old MacType packages, and clean up MacType-Patch and other test versions. This includes profiles, so please backup your profiles!

If you experience any problem with this release please search Issues and log a new Issue if need be. Thanks for your support!

Fixes/new features since beta5:

• Added font inclusion (see below)
• Improved loader (Works for Ableton and many more applications that previous would crash MacType due to a Windows 10 security enhancement)
• Improved font identification, a better way to distinguish some malformed font names
• Updated to latest FreeType 2.10.0
• Updated to latest EasyHook 2.7.6789.0
• Windows 8/8.1 compatibility improved
• Windows XP/2003 compatibility improved (yes we still support 32-bit XP/2003!)
• MacTray now has a bug report system (see below)
• The new installer now cleans up files in Program Files (x86) it was missing
• MacType Updater is now working
• MacTray.exe now properly detects if MacType is running in Service Mode, and opens the Wizard instead of MacTray
• Added a new Profile thanks to @ChicoThorn, designed to work at 117% screen scaling

Font inclusion

As requested! 😊 To use the new font inclusion feature, add the font name(s) under the [Include] section and only those specified font(s) will be rendered. If a font is both "Included" and "Excluded", it will be excluded. If nothing is specified under [Include] or the section doesn't exist, font inclusion is disabled.

Why have we added font inclusion? Well first of all because it was requested... But also if you run a complex Windows environment, whitelisting (or including) several fonts, gives you a lot more control over things than excluding potentially hundreds of fonts.

MacTray bug report

This allows you to save a bug report instead of sending it currently, and gives you the info we need to help find and fix bugs more easily.

UWP apps

UWP stands for Universal Windows Application. MacType works for all native UWP apps, but not for apps converted from the old Win32 applications.

Thanks for your support and feedback, here's to better font rendering for Windows! 😊

MacType 2018.1-beta5

We're pleased to announce the next official beta of MacType. Although this is a beta you should find it's stable for every day use.

New Installer - Important!

The new installer will uninstall any old MacType packages, and clean up MacType-Patch and other test versions. This includes profiles, so please backup your profiles!

If you experience any problem with this release please search Issues and log a new Issue if need be. Thanks for your support!

Bug fixes/new features since beta4:

• Includes changes from the DirectWrite test version See Note 1
• Simpler version numbering
• Unicode plane bug fixed and other painting bugs fixed
• Will no longer crash Microsoft Edge
• Improved detection of Registry Mode in MacTray
• Brings back svchost.exe hooking so that UWP in Windows 10 with service mode and tray mode are supported
• Per-group configuration is back
• Color fonts in Chrome are way better (very close to the real color) See Note 2
• New useful profiles: Clean Sharp, Clean Soft, mufunyo, and extratype

Note 1: DirectWrite test version

In the DirectWrite test version more DirectWrite hooking points were added, and @extratype made the code much more readable and easier to maintain (thanks @extratype). The DirectWrite changes are now included in this main beta.

Note 2: Color Fonts

For more info on how to use Color fonts, see https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/wiki/ColorFont. For some reason Chrome (and Cent Browser) inverts the colors of color fonts. So we have added the InvertColor option to fix this. For more information see https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/wiki/InvertColor