Black Ink Crosswords

November 20, 2024

This update is a quick fix for a crashing bug when trying to log in to several of the subscription puzzle services supported by the app. Version 2.2.4 included the following changes: - Fixed an issue that could cause Special Answer entry to be unreadable in Dark Mode - Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Color Scheme default back to Automatic - Fixed a bug that caused the wrong purchases to be shown in the unlock screen - Lightened the selected square highlight in light mode to differentiate better from black squares Version 2.2.3 was a quick fix to restore the expected behavior of the backspace key when deleting characters in a puzzle. Version 2.2.2 included the following improvements: - Added support for Dark Mode and Tinted versions of the application icon - Non-applicable comments in some visual NYT clues are no longer displayed - Printing improvements to avoid splitting a clue's text across pages or wrapping prematurely - Improve the clue text area to better fit clue text in the available space - VoiceOver: Puzzle square status such as being circled or shaded, marked incorrect, etc., are now announced Version 2.2.1 was a quick fix to address a printing problem where larger puzzles would sometimes print with clues missing off the bottom of the page. Version 2.2 added brand new PRINTING functionality for puzzles. Use the built-in printing feature to produce gorgeous, paper-based puzzles when you're in the mood to solve "the old-fashioned way", or when you need a stack of puzzles to solve while you're away from your phone or computer. Puzzle printing is available to all customers who have unlocked premium features by purchasing a subscription or one-time unlock. Users who have not unlocked premium features can still try the feature out! Try printing any puzzle and a demo puzzle will be printed instead. This update also includes support for rendering animated graphical overlays on puzzles that specify them.

November 10, 2024

This update includes the following changes: - Fixed an issue that could cause Special Answer entry to be unreadable in Dark Mode - Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Color Scheme default back to Automatic - Fixed a bug that caused the wrong purchases to be shown in the unlock screen - Lightened the selected square highlight in light mode to differentiate better from black squares Version 2.2.3 was a quick fix to restore the expected behavior of the backspace key when deleting characters in a puzzle. Version 2.2.2 included the following improvements: - Added support for Dark Mode and Tinted versions of the application icon - Non-applicable comments in some visual NYT clues are no longer displayed - Printing improvements to avoid splitting a clue's text across pages or wrapping prematurely - Improve the clue text area to better fit clue text in the available space - VoiceOver: Puzzle square status such as being circled or shaded, marked incorrect, etc., are now announced Version 2.2.1 was a quick fix to address a printing problem where larger puzzles would sometimes print with clues missing off the bottom of the page. Version 2.2 added brand new PRINTING functionality for puzzles. Use the built-in printing feature to produce gorgeous, paper-based puzzles when you're in the mood to solve "the old-fashioned way", or when you need a stack of puzzles to solve while you're away from your phone or computer. Puzzle printing is available to all customers who have unlocked premium features by purchasing a subscription or one-time unlock. Users who have not unlocked premium features can still try the feature out! Try printing any puzzle and a demo puzzle will be printed instead. This update also includes support for rendering animated graphical overlays on puzzles that specify them.

October 11, 2024

This update is a quick fix to restore the expected behavior of the backspace key when deleting characters in a puzzle. Version 2.2.2 included the following improvements: - Added support for Dark Mode and Tinted versions of the application icon - Non-applicable comments in some visual NYT clues are no longer displayed - Printing improvements to avoid splitting a clue's text across pages or wrapping prematurely - Improve the clue text area to better fit clue text in the available space - VoiceOver: Puzzle square status such as being circled or shaded, marked incorrect, etc., are now announced Version 2.2.1 was a quick fix to address a printing problem where larger puzzles would sometimes print with clues missing off the bottom of the page. Version 2.2 added brand new PRINTING functionality for puzzles. Use the built-in printing feature to produce gorgeous, paper-based puzzles when you're in the mood to solve "the old-fashioned way", or when you need a stack of puzzles to solve while you're away from your phone or computer. Puzzle printing is available to all customers who have unlocked premium features by purchasing a subscription or one-time unlock. Users who have not unlocked premium features can still try the feature out! Try printing any puzzle and a demo puzzle will be printed instead. This update also includes support for rendering animated graphical overlays on puzzles that specify them.

October 10, 2024

This update includes the following improvements: - Added support for Dark Mode and Tinted versions of the application icon - Non-applicable comments in some visual NYT clues are no longer displayed - Printing improvements to avoid splitting a clue's text across pages or wrapping prematurely - Improve the clue text area to better fit clue text in the available space - VoiceOver: Puzzle square status such as being circled or shaded, marked incorrect, etc., are now announced Version 2.2.1 was a quick fix to address a printing problem where larger puzzles would sometimes print with clues missing off the bottom of the page. Version 2.2 added brand new PRINTING functionality for puzzles. Use the built-in printing feature to produce gorgeous, paper-based puzzles when you're in the mood to solve "the old-fashioned way", or when you need a stack of puzzles to solve while you're away from your phone or computer. Puzzle printing is available to all customers who have unlocked premium features by purchasing a subscription or one-time unlock. Users who have not unlocked premium features can still try the feature out! Try printing any puzzle and a demo puzzle will be printed instead. This update also includes support for rendering animated graphical overlays on puzzles that specify them.

June 9, 2024

Version 2.2.1 is a quick fix to address a printing problem where larger puzzles would sometimes print with clues missing off the bottom of the page. Version 2.2 added brand new PRINTING functionality for puzzles. Use the built-in printing feature to produce gorgeous, paper-based puzzles when you're in the mood to solve "the old-fashioned way", or when you need a stack of puzzles to solve while you're away from your phone or computer. Puzzle printing is available to all customers who have unlocked premium features by purchasing a subscription or one-time unlock. Users who have not unlocked premium features can still try the feature out! Try printing any puzzle and a demo puzzle will be printed instead. This update also includes support for rendering animated graphical overlays on puzzles that specify them.

June 8, 2024

Version 2.2 adds brand new PRINTING functionality for puzzles. Use the built-in printing feature to produce gorgeous, paper-based puzzles when you're in the mood to solve "the old-fashioned way", or when you need a stack of puzzles to solve while you're away from your phone or computer. Puzzle printing is available to all customers who have unlocked premium features by purchasing a subscription or one-time unlock. Users who have not unlocked premium features can still try the feature out! Try printing any puzzle and a demo puzzle will be printed instead. This update also includes support for rendering animated graphical overlays on puzzles that specify them.

May 4, 2024

This update is a quick fix for a crash introduced in version 2.1.2, when "Auto Correction" is enabled and you try to solve a puzzle that doesn't have answers included, such as the Friday Wall Street Journal puzzles. Version 2.1.2 included a variety of bug fixes and improvements: - New puzzle sources: Lex's Minis and Lex's Crosswords - Improved the accuracy of overlay image drawing over puzzle grid - Attempting to check or reveal answers on puzzles with no answers now displays an explanatory alert - Fix a crash that could occur when using a mouse on iPad and selecting the "Enter Special Answer" button - Fix a bug that caused Restore Purchases to erroneously show "Lifetime Unlock" as purchased - When a very long clue is displayed, make sure the corresponding space in the puzzle is scrolled into view - Now supports entering a hyphen or a period as a special entry answer - Added a close button to NYT authentication panel Version 2.1 featured an all new native design for Apple Vision Pro, and support for graphical puzzle overlays (supplied by some New York Times puzzles): - Native Apple Vision Pro support - Now supports puzzles that specify graphical overlays on the puzzle - Now supports puzzles that specify multiple correct answers for a given square - Keyboard shortcuts are now shown as expected when holding the Command key down on keyboard - Improvements to the appearance and behavior of the in-app purchase interface - Now supports keyboard shortcuts for Enter Special Answer (Cmd-Opt-M) and Clear Word (Cmd-Delete)

April 30, 2024

Version 2.1.2 includes a variety of bug fixes and improvements: - New puzzle sources: Lex's Minis and Lex's Crosswords - Improved the accuracy of overlay image drawing over puzzle grid - Attempting to check or reveal answers on puzzles with no answers now displays an explanatory alert - Fix a crash that could occur when using a mouse on iPad and selecting the "Enter Special Answer" button - Fix a bug that caused Restore Purchases to erroneously show "Lifetime Unlock" as purchased - When a very long clue is displayed, make sure the corresponding space in the puzzle is scrolled into view - Now supports entering a hyphen or a period as a special entry answer - Added a close button to NYT authentication panel Version 2.1 featured an all new native design for Apple Vision Pro, and support for graphical puzzle overlays (supplied by some New York Times puzzles): - Native Apple Vision Pro support - Now supports puzzles that specify graphical overlays on the puzzle - Now supports puzzles that specify multiple correct answers for a given square - Keyboard shortcuts are now shown as expected when holding the Command key down on keyboard - Improvements to the appearance and behavior of the in-app purchase interface - Now supports keyboard shortcuts for Enter Special Answer (Cmd-Opt-M) and Clear Word (Cmd-Delete)

March 15, 2024

Version 2.1 features an all new native design for Apple Vision Pro, and support for graphical puzzle overlays (supplied by some New York Times puzzles). Here's a list of all the changes in this update: - Native Apple Vision Pro support - Now supports puzzles that specify graphical overlays on the puzzle - Now supports puzzles that specify multiple correct answers for a given square - Keyboard shortcuts are now shown as expected when holding the Command key down on keyboard - Improvements to the appearance and behavior of the in-app purchase interface - Now supports keyboard shortcuts for Enter Special Answer (Cmd-Opt-M) and Clear Word (Cmd-Delete)

February 26, 2024

Version 2.0.5 includes the following fixes: - Fix validation of lifetime premium features purchases - Blank answers that are correct for a puzzle are now treated as such Version 2.0.4 fixed an issue that prevented logging in to the New York Times. Version 2.0.3 focused on improving the accessibility of the app with improvements for VoiceOver and other assistive technologies: - Focused word now tracks movement of voiceover cursor - Expose custom action for "change puzzle focus direction" - Now announces selected square when describing focused word Version 2.0.2 improved the behavior of the app's text rendering in settings and list views, with respect to system-wide text magnification. It also improves the authentication workflow for puzzle sources with web-based login. Version 2.0.1 addressed a problem in 2.0 that prevented the in-app subscription offerings from appearing, and some of the most recent bug fixes from being present in the release.

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