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+Here's what a D2 diagram looks like in 0.2 vs 0.1:
+
+Much more legible right? This upgrade trims a lot of the excess whitespace present before and makes diagrams more compact. We've also combed through each shape to improve their label positions, paddings, and aspect ratios at different sizes.
+
+There's also been a major compiler rewrite. It's fixed many minor compiler bugs, but most importantly, it implements multi-board diagrams. Stay tuned for more as we write docs and make this accessible in the next release!
+
 #### Features 🚀
 
 - `double-border` keyword implemented. [#565](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/565)
 - The [Dockerfile](./docs/INSTALL.md#docker) now supports rendering PNGs [#594](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/594)
-
   - There was a minor breaking change as part of this where the default working directory of the Dockerfile is now `/home/debian/src` instead of `/root/src` to allow UID remapping with [`fixuid`](https://github.com/boxboat/fixuid).
-
 - `d2 fmt` accepts multiple files to be formatted [#718](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/718)
-
 - `font-size` works for `sql_table` and `class` shapes [#769](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/769)
-
-- You can now use the reserved keywords `layers`/`scenarios`/`steps` to define diagrams
-  with multiple levels of abstractions. [#714](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/714)
-  Docs to come soon
-  - [#416](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/416) was also fixed so you can no
-    longer use keywords intended for use under `style` outside and vice versa. e.g.
-    `obj.style.shape` and `obj.double-border` are now illegal. The correct uses are
-    `obj.shape` and `obj.style.double-border`.
-  - Many other minor compiler bugs were fixed.
+- You can now use the reserved keywords `layers`/`scenarios`/`steps` to define diagrams with multiple levels of abstractions. Coming soon. [#714](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/714)
 
 #### Improvements 🧹
 
-- Code snippets use bold and italic font styles as determined by highlighter [#710](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/710), [#741](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/741)
 - Reduces default padding of shapes. [#702](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/702)
 - Ensures labels fit inside shapes with shape-specific inner bounding boxes. [#702](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/702)
 - dagre container labels changed positions to outside the shape. Many previously obscured container labels are now legible. [#788](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/788)
+- Code snippets use bold and italic font styles as determined by highlighter [#710](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/710), [#741](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/741)
 - Improves package shape dimensions with short height. [#702](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/702)
 - Sequence diagrams are rendered more compacted, both vertically and horizontally. [#796](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/796)
 - Keeps person shape from becoming too distorted. [#702](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/702)
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 - Tooltips with ampersand would result in invalid SVGs. [#798](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/798)
 - Fixes class height when there are no rows. [#756](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/756)
 - Border radius was not firefox-compatible. [#799](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/799)
+
+#### Breaking changes
+
+- You can no longer use keywords intended for use under `style` outside and vice versa. e.g. `obj.style.shape` and `obj.double-border` are now illegal. The correct usages have always been `obj.shape` and `obj.style.double-border`; it just wasn't enforced until now.