GraphCompose v1.7.0 — "geometric" is out

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GraphCompose v1.7.0 — "geometric" is out

v1.7.0 is live on Maven Central — the "geometric" release. Additive only, zero breaking changes from 1.6.x.

The theme: geometry as a first-class authoring primitive. Shapes you used to fake with font glyphs or raster images are now drawn directly from vertex geometry — inline on the paragraph baseline or block-level in a shape container.

• Inline shape runs — dot, diamond, triangle, star, polygon drawn from vertex geometry on the text baseline. Skill-rating dots (Java ●●●●○), custom bullets and inline status markers no longer depend on a font shipping the glyph.
• Inline checkboxes + composite figures — checkbox(size, checked, …) for todo / checklist content, plus multi-layer ShapeLayer figures (frame + tick) measured and placed as one unit on the baseline.
• Polygon geometry — arrow / chevron / checkmark / plus / regularPolygon, with directional arrows for "Step 1 → Step 2" bullets, and swappable CheckmarkStyle (CLASSIC / HEAVY) + ArrowStyle (BLOCK / TRIANGLE).
• Per-corner rounded containers — roundedRect(w, h, DocumentCornerRadius) rounds each corner independently (rounded left, square right) with no clip-path-parent workaround.
• And more — softPanel(...) stroke overloads, dashed / dotted lines (LineBuilder.dashed), semantic timelines (addTimeline), filled heading bands (headingBar), vertical text seating, and JetBrains Mono bundled in the default font library.

Verify gate: 1144 / 0 / 0 / 0. Examples regenerate cleanly. The public surface stays binary-compatible with 1.6.x (japicmp gate on every PR) — bump the version and rebuild, nothing to migrate.

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
    <artifactId>graph-compose</artifactId>
    <version>1.7.0</version>
</dependency>

• Release notes — https://github.com/DemchaAV/GraphCompose/releases/tag/v1.7.0
• Maven Central — https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.github.demchaav/graph-compose/1.7.0
• Migration v1.6 → v1.7 — https://github.com/DemchaAV/GraphCompose/blob/v1.7.0/docs/roadmaps/migration-v1-6-to-v1-7.md
• Live showcase — https://demchaav.github.io/GraphCompose/
• Examples gallery — https://github.com/DemchaAV/GraphCompose/blob/v1.7.0/examples/README.md

As always — author intent, not coordinates.