New Excalidraw Version (new fonts, UI, ...)

[filipre]

Hi,

I was wondering if you plan to support the new Excalidraw version at some point. The website uses new fonts and changed their UI slightly. Notice the blackboard bold A in the screenshot:

Best!

[pomdtr]

I tried to update it, but it looks like the @excalidraw/excalidraw@next package does not contains these changes. Am I missing something @dwelle ?

[SoumayaMauthoorMOJ]

Upvoting this request - the new fonts are github compatible on SVGs so would be a nice addition :-)

[sudhirkhanger]

One more version has gone out. Looking forward to this update.

[pomdtr]

FYI:

• the last stable version of the excalidraw package (0.17.6) was published 6 months ago
• nightly release seems broken

So I'm kinda stuck here

[hpvd]

there is an open issue for releasing v18
see excalidraw/excalidraw#8771

[hpvd]

v18 of Excalidraw, and with this the possibility to update its vscode extension, seems to be on its final stages...
see excalidraw/excalidraw#9127

[hpvd]

its moving fast: all checks passed, just one review missing!

[hpvd]

review done!

[hpvd]

merged into master!

[hpvd]

Release v18 issue closed excalidraw/excalidraw#8771

[hpvd]

Npm download for v18
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@excalidraw/excalidraw/v/0.18.0-d92384b77-3

[hpvd]

Official Release will took some weeks:
should be available in few weeks, we are fixing the last bits
see excalidraw/excalidraw#9127 (comment)

[pomdtr]

I played a bit with the beta release on smallweb, it works quite well: https://excalidraw.smallweb.run

I probably want to use this upgrade as an opportunity to move from create react app to vite though.

[hpvd]

oh -short some weeks ;-)
release just happened:
https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/releases/tag/v0.18.0

[pomdtr]

Here is a vsix of the extension containing the latest excalidraw release: excalidraw.zip

It would be neat to get some of you to try it before I release it to the store! Just unzip the file, then run:

code --install-extension excalidraw.vsix

[hpvd]

@pomdtr
just gave it a try: works like a charm :-)

• installable (renamed it to ...18)
• version info is v3.8
• new feature like editable dimensions (Editable element stats) are available

see:

[hpvd]

Many thanks for your work!!

[pomdtr]

Ok I just published it to the vscode store, it should be up in a few mins :)