Sketch 67 — What’s new?. The next update of Sketch is here. This…
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The next update of Sketch is here. This release brings cool improvements for everyone who uses custom fonts that should be rendered better in Sketch Cloud Preview!

Sketch 67

Let’s see what’s new with this version:

Sketch is faster — recently, every new version of Sketch brings lots of performance improvements. Version 67 brings enhancements, especially for complex documents with lots of Symbols. Layers with shadows and blurs should work much faster.

— recently, every new version of Sketch brings lots of performance improvements. Version 67 brings enhancements, especially for complex documents with lots of Symbols. Layers with shadows and blurs should work much faster. Embedded Fonts — You may now embed font files in documents. To do this, choose Text -> Document Fonts … and select the fonts to embed. Thanks to this, Cloud preview should be much more accurate!

— You may now embed font files in documents. To do this, choose … and select the fonts to embed. Thanks to this, Cloud preview should be much more accurate! Select All is smarter — the feature is more context-aware. Now: first, it selects content inside your current group. Used again it selects layers in the next group up and so on… until it selects whole Artboard and next all Artboards. 😉

— the feature is more context-aware. Now: first, it selects content inside your current group. Used again it selects layers in the next group up and so on… until it selects whole Artboard and next all Artboards. 😉 Smart Distribute improvements — the selection of layers that are outside and inside groups may be now aligned with the feature.

— the selection of layers that are outside and inside groups may be now aligned with the feature. Slices enhancements — performance for files with lots of slices is now improved

— performance for files with lots of slices is now improved Multiple Cloud improvements — You may now rename documents from Cloud in the Documents window. Just make a right-click or double-click on the name under the document cover. You may also delete a document from that window. Additionally, error messages in the Document window were improved. What’s more, to move a document to Cloud, you may now drag-and-drop the local file into Documents window.

— You may now rename documents from Cloud in the Documents window. Just make a right-click or double-click on the name under the document cover. You may also delete a document from that window. Additionally, error messages in the Document window were improved. What’s more, to move a document to Cloud, you may now drag-and-drop the local file into Documents window. Better emoji support 🎉— now emojis in the text layers does not stretch the line height of the layer.

How to embed fonts in Sketch documents

Embedding fonts is the most interesting feature of the current Sketch release. Thanks to this feature, you will not worry if your team has the same fonts or not — they will be right inside the document. This will also improve artboard rendering in the Sketch Cloud.

To embed fonts in Sketch, do the following thing:

Go to Text -> Documents Fonts (displays all fonts used in the document) Pick the fonts you would like to embed That’s it!

Embedding fonts is easy.

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To conclude

We are still waiting for realtime cooperation and the design inspector announced a while ago, but the fonts embed and performance improvements are nice enhancements to our daily workflows.

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