What's new in JuicyType 0.9.5.3

JuicyType 0.9.5.3 is mostly about the panel: Settings now opens in the panel body, there's a first-launch welcome and a redrawn tour, and the applied strip reads more clearly. The stroke face control also moves to where it belongs, and a couple of display glitches are gone.

Strokes

• The control that put the fill on top is now called Face in front and sits at the top of the Strokes section, under the Stroke effect popup.
• Face in front only appears when it can actually change the order — Strokes on, Stroke effect not set to Raise, and Fill Raise off.

Panel

• Settings now opens in the panel body, and the ⋯ menu holds actions rather than switches.
• A first-launch welcome shows you where to find JuicyType, with Don't show this again already ticked.
• The welcome tour uses wider magenta-outlined bubbles with the arrow beside the words, sitting clear of the controls and without a close button.
• In the applied strip, switched-off effects now sit at the end and read a little brighter.
• With nothing selected, the strip tells you to use the Arrow tool.
• In Share feedback, unticking Include a screenshot hides the preview straight away.
• Add flavor and Flavor library have new icons.
• The Speedview eye in the panel header is a little smaller, so it sits evenly with the icons beside it.
• Automatic Speedview when a render is slow is now a toggle in the ⋯ menu, on by default.
• Window > JuicyType opens the panel directly instead of showing a submenu.
• In About, the version line now sits clear of the wordmark.

License

• The activation screen now sends you to the website to start a trial rather than starting one in the panel.
• The license line shows which version you're running.
• The beta strip has been restyled, and a lifetime beta license now reads Beta · lifetime instead of just the word on its own.

Fixes

• Adding an effect briefly cut off the grid in the effects drawer before it settled.
• The effects drawer showed an out-of-date sentence that no longer applied, and the empty-state wording has been cleaned up.

To update, close Illustrator, run the new installer, then open Illustrator again. Your license carries over.