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+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.3
+Monday, December 18, 2017
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+- hb_set_t performance tuning and optimizations.
+- Speed up collect_glyphs() and reject garbage data.
+- In hb_coretext_font_create() set font point-size (ptem).
+- Misc fixes.
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+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.2
 Monday, December 4, 2017
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