rain-char/changelog.md

A lightweight JavaScript library that creates a 'Matrix-style' falling character effect with depth. Customize the font, colors, character range, and animation speed for dynamic visual effects on your webpage.

# Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

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## [1.5.0]

### Added

- `preRender` option to pre render the character that could potentially improve the performance at the cost of slower
  startup

## [1.4.0] - 2024-08-25

### Added

- `trailMultiplier` option to control the length of the trail.
- `charSpacing` option to control the gap between characters.
- `charChangeFreq` option to control the frequency of character change.
  (chance of changing characters in each frame between 0% and 100%)

### Changed

- Changed the default colors to black and limegreen

## [1.3.0] - 2024-08-22

### Added

- Getters and setters for `font`, `charSize`, `charRange`, `bg`, `fg`, `fps`, and `densityFactor`
- The ability to smoothly change the values above without restarting the effect
    - Check the demo for a demonstration
- Ability to use multiple character ranges for `charRange` as a list of ranges, for
  example, [[0x3041, 0x3096], [0x30a1, 0x30f6]]

### Changed

- Character ranges are created during initialization for better performance.

## [1.2.0] - 2024-08-21

### Fixed

- Increased the new particle vertical offset to fix batch falling on first iterations.
    - Most obvious on a big canvas with small character size

## [1.1.0] - 2024-08-21

### Added

- Docstring for `start`, `pause`, and `stop` methods

### Changed

- Improved the class documentation
- Modularized Initialization
- Refined Particle Management
- Grouped Canvas Operations
- Simplified Resize Logic

## [1.0.0] - 2024-08-21

First release