The latest Fonto release is packed with powerful new capabilities, performance upgrades, and smart quality-of-life improvements across the platform. Let’s take a quick tour of what’s new and exciting in Fonto 8.12. 

Fonto Editor: Smarter APIs and UI Enhancements 

We’re giving developers even more control and flexibility over the Fonto Editor APIs: 

• New setEnableUndo API – Exclude specific documents from the undo stack, perfect for automated changes you don’t want users to accidentally undo. 
• Save smarter – Attach custom metadata to your save and batch save calls using the new requestMetadata property. Works perfectly with our new save-document-and-wait operation. 
• Better StructureView integration – Two new UI components, FxVirtualForestCollapseButtons and StructureViewSearchBar, make it easier than ever to add search and collapse/expand functionality wherever you use StructureView. 

Search integrated in the structure view.

Fonto Document History & Fonto Content Quality 

Both Fonto Document History and Fonto Content Quality have been upgraded to .NET 8.0.13, keeping them secure, future-proof, and running smoothly. 

Fonto Review: major overhaul & performance boost 

We’ve rewritten much of the engine under the hood of Fonto Review — and the results speak for themselves: 

• Massive performance gains for large documents: comments now load just-in-time, in parallel with other operations. 
• Improved reliability: We’ve ironed out edge cases where comments could drift, get lost, or not save properly. 
• Cleaner UX: Error handling and comment visuals are now clearer and easier to work with. 
• New editAnnotation API: For custom annotation workflows outside the standard Fonto Review flow. 
• Fully backward-compatible – just update and go! 

Fonto Output: upgraded & future-ready 

• Upgraded to .NET 8.0.13 and Deno 2.1.10 
• Improved performance and reliability 
• Behind-the-scenes work for exciting upcoming features like:  
• Multi-column layouts 
• Output documents with embedded comments 

Introducing: Fonto One 

Fonto One is the new name of the Fonto Integrated Authoring Platform — and it’s taking a big leap forward. 

We’re now making AI-assisted content creation a reality. Partners can plug in their own custom AI models to generate draft content based on customer-specific data — and users stay in control with full review and approval before anything’s saved. It’s fast, flexible, and future-proof. 

What’s next? 

We’re already working on some great new features: 

• Fonto Review: Custom annotation types for different navigator views. Tag content with Smart Standards, XBRL data, and more — all repositioned automatically when content changes. 
• Fonto Output: Include comments in Word & PDF exports, and generate XML outputs for formats like ePI, FHIR, SPL, and beyond — all powered by Fonto’s flexible XQUF engine. 

Explore our roadmap → 

AI chatbot integration for Fonto Editor 

Interested in integrating an AI chatbot inside Fonto Editor? You’re not alone. 

We’ve created an open-source reference configuration to get you started — a flexible package you can tailor to your specific needs. This isn’t baked into the core platform, but it’s easy to drop in and customize. Check out the technical blog post. 

Try Fonto 8.12 today

Ready to explore the latest updates? Give Fonto 8.12 a try and experience the improvements for yourself.  

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