Version 2.9.0, 2022-07-31

What's Changed

New Features (ENH)

• Add ability to add hex encoded colors to outline items (#1186) by @mtd91429
• Add support for pathlib.Path in PdfMerger.merge (#1190) by @MartinThoma
• Add link annotation (#1189) by @MartinThoma
• Add capability to filter text extraction by orientation (#1175) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Named Dest in PDF1.1 (#1174) by @pubpub-zz
• Incomplete Graphic State save/restore (#1172) by @pubpub-zz

Documentation (DOC)

• Update changelog url in package metadata (#1180) by @mkniewallner
• Mention camelot for table extraction (#1179) by @MartinThoma
• Mention pyHanko for signing PDF documents (#1178) by @MartinThoma
• We have CMAP support since a while (#1177) by @MartinThoma

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Consistent usage of warnings / log messages (#1164) by @MartinThoma
• Consistent terminology for outline items (#1156) by @mtd91429

New Contributors

• @mkniewallner made their first contribution in #1180 🎉

Full Changelog: 2.8.1...2.9.0