Mako 7.3.9 Release Notes

RELEASED OCTOBER 9, 2026

Introduction

This is a maintenance release from the 7.3.x branch of Mako. It includes a customer-focused fix for vertical text rendering with End-User Defined Characters (EUDC) in Japanese fonts.

Improvements in this release

MAKO-5890 — EUDC is not rendered correctly when the orientation is vertical

Corrected an issue where End-User Defined Characters (外字) remained horizontal when a vertical font was requested. The fix addresses vertical text rendering in the same customer environment associated with the related orientation issue.

Release scope

  • Project: Mako

  • Branch: 7.3.x

  • Version: 7.3.9

  • Release date:

  • Included Jira issues: 2

Included Jira issues

Issue

Type

Summary

Status

Priority

MAKO-5890

Bug

EUDC is not rendered correctly when the orientation is vertical

Done

Medium

MAKO-5911

Story

Update the 7.3.x branch to 7.3.9

Done

Medium

Mako version 7.3.9 distribution

Windows platforms

  • Windows static and dynamic libraries for Visual Studio 2019 (V142), x64 and x86.

  • For use in C++ projects.

  • Distribution location: Windows_VS2019 folder.

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