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+There are three important features that were in the initial design of D2 that have not been done and hold it back from 1.0: globs, imports, and vars. This release brings imports.
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+Imports open up a world of possibilities and works beautifully to modularize diagrams. See the new docs to try it out today.
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+As usual, many improvements and bug fixes accompany this release. D2 0.5 produces more legible diagrams by masking obstructions (e.g. arrow going through a label), has better error messages to guide you, is faster at certain tasks, and addresses many issues brought by community bug reports.
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 #### Features 🚀
 
 - D2 files have the ability to import from other D2 files. See [docs](https://d2lang.com/tour/imports). [#1371](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1371)
+- `sql_table` alternatively takes an array of constraints instead of being limited to a single one. Thanks @satoqz ! [#1245](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1245)
 
 #### Improvements 🧹
 
-- Use shape specific sizing for grid containers [#1294](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1294)
-- Grid diagrams now support nested shapes or grid diagrams [#1309](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1309)
-- Grid diagrams will now also use `grid-gap`, `vertical-gap`, and `horizontal-gap` for padding [#1309](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1309)
+- Use shape-specific sizing for grid containers [#1294](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1294)
+- Grid diagrams support nested shapes or grid diagrams [#1309](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1309)
+- `grid-gap`, `vertical-gap`, and `horizontal-gap` apply to padding on grid diagrams [#1309](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1309)
 - Watch mode browser uses an error favicon to easily indicate compiler errors. Thanks @sinyo-matu ! [#1240](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1240)
-- Improves grid layout performance when there are many similarly sized shapes. [#1315](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1315)
-- Connections and labels now are adjusted for shapes with `3d` or `multiple`. [#1340](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1340)
-- `sql_table` now alternatively takes an array of constraints instead of being limited to a single one. Thanks @satoqz ! [#1245](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1245)
+- Grid layout performance improved when there are many similarly sized shapes [#1315](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1315)
+- Connections and labels are adjusted for shapes with `3d` or `multiple` [#1340](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1340)
 - Constraints in `sql_table` render even if they have no matching abbreviation [#1372](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1372)
 - Constraints in `sql_table` sheds their excessive letter-spacing and is padded from the end consistently [#1372](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1372)
 - Duplicate image URLs in icons are only fetched once [#1373](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1373)
 - In watch mode, images are cached by default across compiles. Can be disabled with flag `--img-cache=0`. [#1373](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1373)
 - Common invalid array separator `,` usage in class arrays returns a helpful error message [#1376](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1376)
 - Invalid `constraint` usage is met with an error message, preventing a common mistake of omitting `shape: sql_table` [#1379](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1379)
-- Connections now stop at all outside labels. [#1381](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1381)
+- Connections no longer obscure outside labels [#1381](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1381)
 - Container connections in `dagre` are more balanced [#1384](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1384)
-- Connections are now mostly masked by shape labels. [#1383](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1383)
+- Connections that go through shape labels are now masked translucently [#1383](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1383)
 
 #### Bugfixes ⛑️
 
-- Shadow is cut off when `--pad` is 0. Thank you @LeonardsonCC ! [#1326](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1326)
-- Fixes grid layout overwriting label placements for nested objects. [#1345](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1345)
+- Shadow is no longer cut off when `--pad` is 0. Thank you @LeonardsonCC ! [#1326](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1326)
+- Fixes grid layout overwriting label placements for nested objects [#1345](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1345)
 - Fixes fonts not rendering correctly on certain platforms. Thanks @mikeday for identifying the solution. [#1356](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1356)
 - Fixes folders not rendering in animations (`--animate-interval`) [#1357](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1357)
 - Fixes panic using reserved keywords as containers [#1358](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1358)
-- When multiple classes are applied changing different attributes of arrowheads, they are
+- When multiple classes are change different attributes of arrowheads, they are
   all applied instead of only the last one [#1362](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1362)
 - Prevent empty block strings [#1364](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1364)
-- Fixes dagre mis-aligning a nested shape's connection. [#1370](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1370)
-- Fixes a bug in grids sometimes putting a shape on the next row/column. [#1380](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1380)
+- Fixes `dagre` mis-aligning a nested shape's connection [#1370](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1370)
+- Fixes a bug in grids sometimes putting a shape on the next row/column [#1380](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1380)