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description: |
  Learn what has changed in the latest Typst releases and move your documents
  forward.
---

# Changelog
## April 04, 2023 (v0.1)
- **Breaking changes:**
  - When using the CLI, you now have to use subcommands:
    - `typst compile file.typ` or `typst c file.typ` to create a PDF
    - `typst watch file.typ` or `typst w file.typ` to compile and watch
    - `typst fonts` to list all fonts
  - Manual counters now start at zero. Read the "How to step" section
    [here]($func/counter) for more details
  - The [bibliography styles]($func/bibliography.style)
    `{"author-date"}` and `{"author-title"}` were renamed to
    `{"chicago-author-date"}` and `{"chicago-author-title"}`

- Figure improvements
  - Figures now automatically detect their content and adapt their
    behaviour. Figures containing tables, for instance, are automatically
    prefixed with "Table X" and have a separate counter
  - The figure's supplement (e.g. "Figure" or "Table") can now be customized
  - In addition, figures can now be completely customized because the show rule
    gives access to the automatically resolved kind, supplement, and counter

- Bibliography improvements
  - The [`bibliography`]($func/bibliography) now also accepts multiple
    bibliography paths (as an array)
  - Parsing of BibLaTeX files is now more permissive (accepts non-numeric
    edition, pages, volumes, dates, and Jabref-style comments; fixed
    abbreviation parsing)
  - Labels and references can now include `:` and `.` except at the end
  - Fixed APA bibliography ordering

- Drawing additions
  - Added [`polygon`]($func/polygon) function for drawing polygons
  - Added support for clipping in [boxes]($func/box.clip) and
    [blocks]($func/block.clip)

- Command line interface
  - Now returns with non-zero status code if there is an error
  - Now watches the root directory instead of the current one
  - Now puts the PDF file next to input file by default
  - Now accepts more kinds of input files (e.g. `/dev/stdin`)
  - Added `--open` flag to directly open the PDF

- Miscellaneous improvements
  - Added [`yaml`]($func/yaml) function to load data from YAML files
  - Added basic i18n for a few more languages (IT, RU, ZH, FR, PT)
  - Added numbering support for Hebrew
  - Added support for [integers]($type/integer) with base 2, 8, and 16
  - Added symbols for double bracket and laplace operator
  - The [`link`]($func/link) function now accepts [labels]($func/label)
  - The link syntax now allows more characters
  - Improved justification of Japanese and Chinese text
  - Calculation functions behave more consistently w.r.t to non-real results
  - Replaced deprecated angle brackets
  - Reduced maximum function call depth from 256 to 64
  - Fixed [`first-line-indent`]($func/par.first-line-indent) being not applied
    when a paragraph starts with styled text
  - Fixed extraneous spacing in unary operators in equations
  - Fixed block spacing, e.g. in `{block(above: 1cm, below: 1cm, ..)}`
  - Fixed styling of text operators in math
  - Fixed invalid parsing of language tag in raw block with a single backtick
  - Fixed bugs with displaying counters and state
  - Fixed crash related to page counter
  - Fixed crash when [`symbol`]($func/symbol) function was called without
    arguments
  - Fixed crash in bibliography generation
  - Fixed access to label of certain content elements
  - Fixed line number in error message for CSV parsing
  - Fixed invalid autocompletion after certain markup elements


Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release!

## March 28, 2023
- **Breaking changes:**
  - Enumerations now require a space after their marker, that is, `[1.ok]` must
    now be written as `[1. ok]`
  - Changed default style for [term lists]($func/terms): Does not include a
    colon anymore and has a bit more indent

- Command line interface
  - Added `--font-path` argument for CLI
  - Embedded default fonts in CLI binary
  - Fixed build of CLI if `git` is not installed

- Miscellaneous improvements
  - Added support for disabling [matrix]($func/mat) and [vector]($func/vec)
    delimiters. Generally with `[#set math.mat(delim: none)]` or one-off with
    `[$mat(delim: #none, 1, 2; 3, 4)$]`.
  - Added [`separator`]($func/terms.separator) argument to term lists
  - Added [`round`]($func/round) function for equations
  - Numberings now allow zeros. To reset a counter, you can write
    `[#counter(..).update(0)]`
  - Added documentation for `{page()}` and `{position()}` methods on
    [`location`]($func/locate) type
  - Added symbols for double, triple, and quadruple dot accent
  - Added smart quotes for Norwegian Bokmål
  - Added Nix flake
  - Fixed bibliography ordering in IEEE style
  - Fixed parsing of decimals in math: `[$1.2/3.4$]`
  - Fixed parsing of unbalanced delimiters in fractions: `[$1/(2 (x)$]`
  - Fixed unexpected parsing of numbers as enumerations, e.g. in `[1.2]`
  - Fixed combination of page fill and header
  - Fixed compiler crash if [`repeat`]($func/repeat) is used in page with
    automatic width
  - Fixed [matrices]($func/mat) with explicit delimiter
  - Fixed [`indent`]($func/terms.indent) property of term lists
  - Numerous documentation fixes
  - Links in bibliographies are now affected by link styling
  - Fixed hovering over comments in web app

Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release!

## March 21, 2023
- Reference and bibliography management
  - [Bibliographies]($func/bibliography) and [citations]($func/cite) (currently
    supported styles are APA, Chicago Author Date, IEEE, and MLA)
  - You can now [reference]($func/ref) sections, figures, formulas, and works
    from the bibliography with `[@label]`
  - You can make an element referenceable with a label:
    - `[= Introduction <intro>]`
    - `[$ A = pi r^2 $ <area>]`

- Introspection system for interactions between different parts of the document
  - [`counter`]($func/counter) function
    - Access and modify counters for pages, headings, figures, and equations
    - Define and use your own custom counters
    - Time travel: Find out what the counter value was or will be at some other
      point in the document (e.g. when you're building a list of figures, you
      can determine the value of the figure counter at any given figure).
    - Counters count in layout order and not in code order
  - [`state`]($func/state) function
    - Manage arbitrary state across your document
    - Time travel: Find out the value of your state at any position in the
      document
    - State is modified in layout order and not in code order
  - [`query`]($func/query) function
    - Find all occurrences of an element or a label, either in the whole document
      or before/after some location
    - Link to elements, find out their position on the pages and access their
      fields
    - Example use cases: Custom list of figures or page header with current
      chapter title
  - [`locate`]($func/locate) function
    - Determines the location of itself in the final layout
    - Can be accessed to get the `page` and `x`, `y` coordinates
    - Can be used with counters and state to find out their values at that
      location
    - Can be used with queries to find elements before or after its location

- New [`measure`]($func/measure) function
  - Measure the layouted size of elements
  - To be used in combination with the new [`style`]($func/style) function that
    lets you generate different content based on the style context something is
    inserted into (because that affects the measured size of content)

- Exposed content representation
  - Content is not opaque anymore
  - Content can be compared for equality
  - The tree of content elements can be traversed with code
  - Can be observed in hover tooltips or with [`repr`]($func/repr)
  - New [methods]($type/content) on content: `func`, `has`, `at`, and `location`
  - All optional fields on elements are now settable
  - More uniform field names (`heading.title` becomes `heading.body`,
    `list.items` becomes `list.children`, and a few more changes)

- Further improvements
  - Added [`figure`]($func/figure) function
  - Added [`numbering`]($func/equation.numbering) parameter on equation function
  - Added [`numbering`]($func/page.numbering) and
    [`number-align`]($func/page.number-align) parameters on page function
  - The page function's [`header`]($func/page.header) and
    [`footer`]($func/page.footer) parameters do not take functions anymore. If
    you want to customize them based on the page number, use the new
    [`numbering`]($func/page.numbering) parameter or [`counter`]($func/counter)
    function instead.
  - Added [`footer-descent`]($func/page.footer-descent) and
    [`header-ascent`]($func/page.header-ascent) parameters
  - Better default alignment in header and footer
  - Fixed Arabic vowel placement
  - Fixed PDF font embedding issues
  - Renamed `math.formula` to [`math.equation`]($func/equation)
  - Font family must be a named argument now: `[#set text(font: "..")]`
  - Added support for [hanging indent]($func/par.hanging-indent)
  - Renamed paragraph `indent` to [`first-line-indent`]($func/par.first-line-indent)
  - More accurate [logarithm]($category/calculate/log) when base is `2` or `10`
  - Improved some error messages
  - Fixed layout of [`terms`]($func/terms) list

- Web app improvements
  - Added template gallery
  - Added buttons to insert headings, equations, raw blocks, and references
  - Jump to the source of something by clicking on it in the preview panel
    (works for text, equations, images, and more)
  - You can now upload your own fonts and use them in your project
  - Hover debugging and autocompletion now takes multiple files into account and
    works in show rules
  - Hover tooltips now automatically collapse multiple consecutive equal values
  - The preview now automatically scrolls to the right place when you type
  - Links are now clickable in the preview area
  - Toolbar, preview, and editor can now all be hidden
  - Added autocompletion for raw block language tags
  - Added autocompletion in SVG files
  - New back button instead of four-dots button
  - Lots of bug fixes

## February 25, 2023
- Font changes
  - New default font: Linux Libertine
  - New default font for raw blocks: DejaVu Sans Mono
  - New default font for math: Book weight of New Computer Modern Math
  - Lots of new math fonts available
  - Removed Latin Modern fonts in favor of New Computer Modern family
  - Removed unnecessary smallcaps fonts which are already accessible through
    the corresponding main font and the [`smallcaps`]($func/smallcaps) function
- Improved default spacing for headings
- Added [`panic`]($func/panic) function
- Added [`clusters`]($type/string.clusters) and [`codepoints`]($type/string.codepoints)
  methods for strings
- Support for multiple authors in [`set document`]($func/document.author)
- Fixed crash when string is accessed at a position that is not a char boundary
- Fixed semicolon parsing in `[#var ;]`
- Fixed incremental parsing when inserting backslash at end of `[#"abc"]`
- Fixed names of a few font families
  (including Noto Sans Symbols and New Computer Modern families)
- Fixed autocompletion for font families
- Improved incremental compilation for user-defined functions

## February 15, 2023
- [Box]($func/box) and [block]($func/block) have gained `fill`, `stroke`,
  `radius`, and `inset` properties
- Blocks may now be explicitly sized, fixed-height blocks can still break
  across pages
- Blocks can now be configured to be [`breakable`]($func/block.breakable) or not
- [Numbering style]($func/enum.numbering) can now be configured for nested enums
- [Markers]($func/list.marker) can now be configured for nested lists
- The [`eval`]($func/eval) function now expects code instead of markup and
  returns an arbitrary value. Markup can still be evaluated by surrounding the
  string with brackets.
- PDFs generated by Typst now contain XMP metadata
- Link boxes are now disabled in PDF output
- Tables don't produce small empty cells before a pagebreak anymore
- Fixed raw block highlighting bug

## February 12, 2023
- Shapes, images, and transformations (move/rotate/scale/repeat) are now
  block-level. To integrate them into a paragraph, use a [`box`]($func/box) as
  with other elements.
- A colon is now required in an "everything" show rule: Write `{show: it => ..}`
  instead of `{show it => ..}`. This prevents intermediate states that ruin
  your whole document.
- Non-math content like a shape or table in a math formula is now centered
  vertically
- Support for widow and orphan prevention within containers
- Support for [RTL]($func/text.dir) in lists, grids, and tables
- Support for explicit `{auto}` sizing for boxes and shapes
- Support for fractional (i.e. `{1fr}`) widths for boxes
- Fixed bug where columns jump to next page
- Fixed bug where list items have no leading
- Fixed relative sizing in lists, squares and grid auto columns
- Fixed relative displacement in [`place`]($func/place) function
- Fixed that lines don't have a size
- Fixed bug where `{set document(..)}` complains about being after content
- Fixed parsing of `{not in}` operation
- Fixed hover tooltips in math
- Fixed bug where a heading show rule may not contain a pagebreak when an
  outline is present
- Added [`baseline`]($func/box.baseline) property on [`box`]($func/box)
- Added [`tg`]($func/op) and [`ctg`]($func/op) operators in math
- Added delimiter setting for [`cases`]($func/cases) function
- Parentheses are now included when accepting a function autocompletion

## February 2, 2023
- Merged text and math symbols, renamed a few symbols
  (including `infty` to `infinity` with the alias `oo`)
- Fixed missing italic mappings
- Math italics correction is now applied properly
- Parentheses now scale in `[$zeta(x/2)$]`
- Fixed placement of large root index
- Fixed spacing in `[$abs(-x)$]`
- Fixed inconsistency between text and identifiers in math
- Accents are now ignored when positioning superscripts
- Fixed vertical alignment in matrices
- Fixed `text` set rule in `raw` show rule
- Heading and list markers now parse consistently
- Allow arbitrary math directly in content

## January 30, 2023
[Go to the announcement blog post.](https://typst.app/blog/2023/january-update)
- New expression syntax in markup/math
  - Blocks cannot be directly embedded in markup anymore
  - Like other expressions, they now require a leading hashtag
  - More expressions available with hashtag, including literals
    (`[#"string"]`) as well as field access and method call
    without space: `[#emoji.face]`
- New import syntax
  - `[#import "module.typ"]` creates binding named `module`
  - `[#import "module.typ": a, b]` or `[#import "module.typ": *]` to import items
  - `[#import emoji: face, turtle]` to import from already bound module
- New symbol handling
  - Removed symbol notation
  - Symbols are now in modules: `{sym}`, `{emoji}`, and `{math}`
  - Math module also reexports all of `{sym}`
  - Modified through field access, still order-independent
  - Unknown modifiers are not allowed anymore
  - Support for custom symbol definitions with `symbol` function
  - Symbols now listed in documentation
- New `{math}` module
  - Contains all math-related functions
  - Variables and function calls directly in math (without hashtag) access this
    module instead of the global scope, but can also access local variables
  - Can be explicitly used in code, e.g. `[#set math.vec(delim: "[")]`
- Delimiter matching in math
   - Any opening delimiters matches any closing one
   - When matched, they automatically scale
   - To prevent scaling, escape them
   - To forcibly match two delimiters, use `lr` function
   - Line breaks may occur between matched delimiters
   - Delimiters may also be unbalanced
   - You can also use the `lr` function to scale the brackets
     (or just one bracket) to a specific size manually
- Multi-line math with alignment
  - The `\` character inserts a line break
  - The `&` character defines an alignment point
  - Alignment points also work for underbraces, vectors, cases, and matrices
  - Multiple alignment points are supported
- More capable math function calls
  - Function calls directly in math can now take code expressions with hashtag
  - They can now also take named arguments
  - Within math function calls, semicolons turn preceding arguments to arrays to
    support matrices: `[$mat(1, 2; 3, 4)$]`
- Arbitrary content in math
  - Text, images, and other arbitrary content can now be embedded in math
  - Math now also supports font fallback to support e.g. CJK and emoji
- More math features
  - New text operators: `op` function, `lim`, `max`, etc.
  - New matrix function: `mat`
  - New n-ary roots with `root` function: `[$root(3, x)$]`
  - New under- and overbraces, -brackets, and -lines
  - New `abs` and `norm` functions
  - New shorthands: `[|`, `|]`, and `||`
  - New `attach` function, overridable attachments with `script` and `limit`
  - Manual spacing in math, with `h`, `thin`, `med`, `thick` and `quad`
  - Symbols and other content may now be used like a function, e.g. `[$zeta(x)$]`
  - Added Fira Math font, removed Noto Sans Math font
  - Support for alternative math fonts through
    `[#show math.formula: set text("Fira Math")]`
- More library improvements
  - New `calc` module, `abs`, `min`, `max`, `even`, `odd` and `mod` moved there
  - New `message` argument on `{assert}` function
  - The `pairs` method on dictionaries now returns an array of length-2 arrays
    instead of taking a closure
  - The method call `{dict.at("key")}` now always fails if `"key"` doesn't exist
    Previously, it was allowed in assignments. Alternatives are `{dict.key = x}`
    and `{dict.insert("key", x)}`.
- Smarter editor functionality
  - Autocompletion for local variables
  - Autocompletion for methods available on a value
  - Autocompletion for symbols and modules
  - Autocompletion for imports
  - Hover over an identifier to see its value(s)
- Further editor improvements
  - New Font menu with previews
  - Single projects may now be shared with share links
  - New dashboard experience if projects are shared with you
  - Keyboard Shortcuts are now listed in the menus and there are more of them
  - New Offline indicator
  - Tooltips for all buttons
  - Improved account protection
  - Moved Status indicator into the error list button
- Further fixes
  - Multiple bug fixes for incremental parser
  - Fixed closure parameter capturing
  - Fixed tons of math bugs
  - Bugfixes for performance, file management, editing reliability
  - Added redirection to the page originally navigated to after signin