Editing and Drawing
•Better point selection and point-hover highlighting.
•Shift+Delete breaks a contour at the selected node.
•End nodes automatically close a contour when moved onto each other.
•Pen tool: hold Shift to constrain the next point to 45° angles.
•Marquee zoom in and out for faster navigation.
•Curvature comb to spot uneven curves at a glance.
•Contour direction indicators in the editor.
•Cleaner editor rendering.
Masks
•Any contour or component can be flagged as a Mask, subtracting from the geometry that precedes it — a non-destructive alternative to overlap removal.
•Masks are flattened automatically on export to TTF, OTF, CFF2, and UFO.
•Compound-path masks (rings, frames, donuts) subtract as single holes rather than full-area cut-outs.
•Mask-flagged components subtract; per-path mask flags survive when used as components in other glyphs.
•New Decompose with Mask command bakes mask subtraction into authored geometry in one step.
•Masks round-trip through copy/paste, undo/redo, the .glyphs format, and the FontCreator project file.
•Masks render consistently across the font overview grid, glyph thumbnails, live preview, OpenType Designer previews, printing, and Scanahand previews.
Anchors and Guidelines
•The anchor list can be reordered and sorted.
•Press G with an anchor selected to drop guidelines through it.
•Background layers carry their own anchors.
Variable Fonts and Interpolation
•Smart Components, with full per-master smart layers nested under their owning master.
•Smart-component names, axes, and per-master alternates round-trip cleanly through the .glyphs version 3 format.
•Detection and fixing of possible kinks between masters.
•PostScript names can be added to named instances (fvar).
Import and Export
•Import and export of selected glyph outlines to SVG.
•Export as CFF2.
•Option to export a single font filename with or without the style name.
•Full round-trip with .glyphs for strokes, masks, and corner and cap components.
OpenType and Unicode
•Unicode data updated to version 17.
•Updated OpenType script, language, and feature tag registries.
•Kerning is now shown correctly in the Font Test dialog.
•Improved RTL handling for unmapped RTL glyphs.
Interface and Workflow
•Improved merge contours.
•Redesigned Masters and Layers panel with full support for background layers, helper layers, color layers, reference artwork, and smart layers.
•Mask functionality moved into the Background Layer for a cleaner workflow.
•Background layers are now proper layers, inheriting outlines, metrics, anchors, selection, visibility, and color.
•The Samples panel has been removed.
•Rulers added inside the glyph edit area, now also available on macOS.
•Improved Text Tool, including clipboard support on macOS.
•Updated Preview All Instances icon.
•Filter by Tag: No Tag.
•Color swatches in the Masters and Layers panel are click-to-edit.
•Palette-entry picker available directly from color-member rows.
•Consistent toolbar and context-menu actions across Windows and macOS — Duplicate, Bring to Front and Back, Re-interpolate Position, Add Smart Layer, reorder, and more.
•New Helper Layer Properties dialog (name, opacity, color).
•Paint Bucket tool now works correctly and shows a live color swatch indicator. Right-click to change the color, Shift+click to open the Palette Manager.
•Native color picker with RGBA and hex input.
macOS-Specific Improvements
•View and edit color glyphs
•New Palette Manager dialog for full palette authoring.
•New Tags Options dialog, plus a per-glyph Tag submenu in the glyph editor.
Stability and Reliability
•FontCreator no longer crashes during rapid font and panel switching.
A complete list of current and previous changes can be found online:
https://www.high-logic.com/font-editor/fontcreator/changelog 
