The Apache XML Graphics team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Apache FOP Version 2.0 [1]. Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) [2] is an output independent print formatter driven by XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) [3]. FOP is a Java application that reads a formatting object tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output format, of which a variety of formats are supported. Apache FOP is published under the Apache License v2.0. Because of changes to the API, the version number has been bumped to 2.0. Java 6 or later is minimum runtime required. This release fixes a number of bugs. In addition the following significant functional enhancements are provided: Side float support Whitespace Management Extension fo:inline-container partial support Support for rounded corners Improved support for complex scripts PDF Linearization Support OpenType CFF fonts Subset support for Type 1 fonts Support for AES 256 PDF encryption Default encryption is now 128 bit SVG graphics can use FOP custom fonts PDF custom document properties AFP OCA Color Support CMYK TIFFs in AFP through IOCA FS45 PDF VT support PDF Page Piece support Extension to resize background images Low level mechanism to augment PDF /Catalog and /Page dictionaries For release notes see [4]. Source and binary distributions can be downloaded from an ASF Mirror at [5]. Further download information is available at [6]. Maven artifacts for this release are available at [7]. Note, that depending on which download mirror you use, it may take up to 24 hours to see the download images at [5]. [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/2.0/ [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/ [4] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html [5] http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xmlgraphics/fop [6] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html [7] https://repository.apache.org/index.html#nexus-search;gav~org.apache.xmlgraphics~fop~2.0~~ The Apache XML Graphics team. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscribe@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-help@xmlgraphics.apache.org