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- tx:
- [tx] Always use blend for stem storage in cffwrite_t2cstr.c ([1591](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1591))
- [tx] [t2cstr] Use non-xxxVF paths in t2cstr when flattening and outputting CFF2 ([1588](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1588))
- UFO parsing:
- [tx] Replace UFO .glif file parsing with libxml2 ([1556](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1556))
- [tx] Replace UFO content.plist/glyphList parsing with libxml2 ([1543](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1543))
- [tx] Other related uforead & ufowrite parsing updates ([1595](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1595), [#1590](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1590), [#1568](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1568), [#1566](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1566), [#1541](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1541), [#1537](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1537), [#1536](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1536))
- [dependencies] add renovate.json ([1545](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1545))
- [agd.py] [comparefamily.py] Fixing the two instances of "rU" (thanks colinmford !) ([1584](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1584))
- [makeinstancesufo] Add --instance_info option to makeinstancesufo ([1577](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1577))
- [makeinstancesufo] Boost number of makeinstancesufo pool processors by one ([1561](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1561))
- [otf2ttf] Ensure poolCapacity is at least 1 (thanks Heptazhou !) ([1530](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1530))
- [otf2ttf] Force maxPoolCapacity to be at least 1 (thanks Heptazhou !)([1529](https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/pull/1529))