whats the latest on sf font
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The latest updates on SF Symbols were presented in the session titled What’s new in SF Symbols 6. Here are some key highlights:
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New Animation Presets: SF Symbols 6 introduces new animation presets such as wiggle, rotate, and breathe. These effects can be customized with playback options like repeating a specific number of times or playing in a continuous loop. The magic replace feature allows for smooth animation of badges and slashes (What’s new in SF Symbols 6).
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Expanded Symbol Library: The library now includes over 800 new symbols, bringing the total to over 6000 unique symbols. New categories include automotive symbols, diverse activity figures, localized symbols in various scripts, progress indicators, haptics, home and widget-related symbols, and many more (What’s new in SF Symbols 6).
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Variable Color Enhancements: The variable color preset has been improved to better handle animations, distinguishing between open loop and closed loop designs for smoother repetition (What’s new in SF Symbols 6).
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SF Symbols App Updates: A new beta version of the SF Symbols app is available, which includes all the new symbols and animation presets. This app can be found on developer.apple.com/sfsymbols (What’s new in SF Symbols 6).
For more detailed information, you can watch the full session What’s new in SF Symbols 6.
What’s new in AppKit
Discover the latest advances in Mac app development. Get an overview of the new features in macOS Sequoia, and how to adopt them in your app. Explore new ways to integrate your existing code with SwiftUI. Learn about the improvements made to numerous AppKit controls, like toolbars, menus, text input, and more.
What’s new in SwiftUI
Learn how you can use SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. Explore a fresh new look and feel for tabs and documents on iPadOS. Improve your window management with new windowing APIs, and gain more control over immersive spaces and volumes in your visionOS apps. We’ll also take you through other exciting refinements that help you make expressive charts, customize and layout text, and so much more.
What’s new in SF Symbols 6
Explore the latest updates to SF Symbols, Apple’s library of iconography designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for all Apple platforms. Learn how the new Wiggle, Rotate, and Breathe animation presets can bring vitality to your interface. To get the most out of this session, we recommend first watching “What’s new in SF Symbols 5” from WWDC23.