Release Notes

1.0.5

FreeHand 2 (FHD2) Import — Alpha (Work in Progress)

• Native FreeHand 2 binary parser — reverse-engineered from scratch to import legacy .fh files from the FHD2 format
• Rectangle, line, and oval/ellipse shape support
• Bézier curve and closed path rendering
• Fill, stroke, stroke width, and grayscale decoding
• CMYK color table support with full color engine
• Radial and linear gradient fill support with center/radius from file data
• Layer detection and absolute ID tracking
• Magic byte detection for File → Open auto-detection

FreeHand EPS Import (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

• New PostScript/EPS parser with .eps File → Open support
• PostScript concat transform matrix support

FreeHand 3+ Fixes

• Fixed clipping group rendering for FH3+ files by restoring installGroupMemberIntoSnapshot import path

Performance & Memory

• ~60–80 MB idle RAM reduction — shared Metal device, stripped unused GPU resources, released singletons
• Lazy-load and release SF Symbols cache (~15–25 MB) and Pantone library (~1 MB)
• Share font caches across documents
• Use SharedMetalDevice in MetalSpatialIndex

UI Improvements

• SF Symbols picker now shows empty state or recents instead of loading all 6,000+ symbols at once
• Guard against array bounds crashes in LayersPanel color swatch and layer row views
• Disabled window state restoration to prevent duplicate windows on relaunch
• Fixed window flash on launch — frame set synchronously with display: false
• Fixed blank window race condition — tabs start active instead of suspended

1.0.4

FreeHand 2 Parser (Initial)

• First batch of FH2 format support: point data, record scanning, bounding boxes
• Fill and stroke decoding with color chain lookups
• Sequential numbering and offset fixes

Color System

• Isolated 0x1454 gradient colors from main color table to prevent yellow color pollution
• Fixed red color rendering without side effects on other colors

Window Handling

• Disabled macOS window state restoration (NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows) to prevent stale state
• Fixed window flash on startup

1.0.3

Performance

• Tab suspension — background tabs drop their view tree, cutting memory usage ~50%

Documentation

• README updated with Performance & Memory section

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