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@puritysb puritysb released this 15 Feb 04:22
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ViewLingo 2.1.0 - Vertical Text & Adaptive Font Update

Major feature update with vertical text rendering, adaptive font sizing, and significant performance improvements.

New Features

  • Vertical Text Rendering: Full CJK vertical text support with automatic direction detection and proper rendering for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean content
  • Adaptive Font Sizing: Smart font fitting ensures translated text remains readable even when translations are significantly longer than the original (e.g., Japanese to English)

Performance Improvements

  • Dramatically faster text rendering with optimized font fitting engine
  • Faster overlay updates with improved segment matching
  • Instant translation response with optimized capture pipeline
  • Improved memory management and view pool efficiency

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed Live mode text becoming invisible on dark backgrounds
  • Fixed Live mode overlay backgrounds showing dense gray instead of matching page content
  • Fixed Live mode empty text boxes and transparent background issues
  • Fixed pixel-to-point coordinate conversion for more accurate overlays
  • Fixed viewfinder corner clipping visual artifacts

UI/UX Improvements

  • Improved overlay background opacity for better readability
  • Clean rounded corners on all viewfinder layers
  • Multiple keyboard shortcut options

System Requirements

  • macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later
  • Screen Recording permission required

Download on Mac App Store

Released: February 2026