KiCad 7.0.1 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.

General changes include fixes to ensure gal is initialized before letting DoRepaint() crash, prevent GAL crash on initialization, fix crash when font face fails to load, improve print quality when using custom fonts, fix incorrect image size, prevent ghost image after canceling bitmap placement, make Freetype access thread safe, fix crash when accessing library tables, fix --use-drill-file-origin command line argument, fix crash deleting project tree items, catch parsing exceptions of PCM local repository, fix Chinese character type support, fix built in color scheme for Python scripting, fix incorrect tilt when plotting italic text, correctly open selected file in text editor, reduce some flickering in PCM, adjust stroke font baseline offset to better match 6.0, fix CADSTAR importer memory leaks, handle dielectric sub-layers in STEP export, fix STEP exporting boards with curves, reload library tables when new libraries are added via PCM, fix layer widget color swatches in HiDPI situations.

Also includes fixes to Schematic Editor, Spice Simulator, Symbol Editor, Board Editor, Footprint Editor, 3D Viewer, and Python scripting, plus fixes for Windows and MacOS.

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