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Version 0.7 of ACBF Viewer is out

Written for Advanced Comic Book Format by Robert Kubík (Pastierovič) on 2012-05-09

Version 0.7 of ACBF Viewer is out. Some major improvements are:
- improved text-fitting algorithm
- support for <code> tag in text-layer
- possibility to turn off pop-up text showing, when clicking on text-layer
- progress bar when reading

Version 0.6 of ACBF Viewer is out

Written for Advanced Comic Book Format by Robert Kubík (Pastierovič) on 2012-04-11

Version 0.6 of ACBF Viewer is out. This is an important release as ACBF Viewer now supports rendering of text layers. So different translations of particular comic book can be created easily. Application will take care of text positioning. Algorithm for fitting text into bubbles is not perfect yet but working nicely.

Version 1.0 of ACBF specifications released

Written for Advanced Comic Book Format by Robert Kubík (Pastierovič) on 2012-04-02

Version 1.0 of ACBF specifications was released along with a ACBF Viewer application (ver. 0.5) and sample comic books (Craphound by Cory Doctorow, The Kind You Don't Take Home to Mother by Ryan Estrada and Navy History comics by Stokes Walesby commission by US government). Everyone is invited to download it, test it, report bugs and create comics in ACBF format.

ACBF version 1.0b (beta) released

Written for Advanced Comic Book Format by Robert Kubík (Pastierovič) on 2012-02-29

Version 1.0b (beta) of ACBF specifications was released along with a ACBF Viewer application (ver. 0.4) and sample comic books (Craphound by Cory Doctorow, The Kind You Don't Take Home to Mother by Ryan Estrada and Navy History comics by Stokes Walesby commission by US government). Everyone is invited to download it, test it and report bugs. No major changes to specifications are planned until final 1.0 release, just bug fixes.

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ACBF version 1.0a (alpha) released

Written for Advanced Comic Book Format by Robert Kubík (Pastierovič) on 2012-01-04

Version 1.0a (alpha) of ACBF specifications was released along with a ACBF Viewer application (ver. 0.3) and sample comic book (Craphound by Cory Doctorow available under Creative Commons). Everyone is invited to download it, test it and review the specifications. Feedback, suggestions appreciated.

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