diff --git a/release-notes/bugfixes/8-bar-font b/release-notes/bugfixes/8-bar-font
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+fix default font not being applied to bars if defined after bar block
diff --git a/release-notes/bugfixes/8-bar-output-trailing-whitespace b/release-notes/bugfixes/8-bar-output-trailing-whitespace
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+strip trailing whitespace in bar output names