Huw Collingbourne

Can someone clarify if the crashing and font bugs that many of us have reported have yet been identified by the development team? If so, when will a fix be issued? As I've mentioned in another thread, I experience the same crash-on-load behaviour reported by others. The software mostly bombs out as soon as the main edit screen appears but sometimes loads correctly. When it does load correctly the fonts selected do not match the fonts that are actually used in the document. This makes the software unusable. I have now uninstalled 1.8 and reinstalled 1.7.3. This works OK but won't let me load a document I edited (briefly) in 1.8. Obviously a bug-fix to 1.8 would be better. So what I need to know is, when will a bug-fixed version be released? This will help me decide whether I should carry on working in 1.7.3 and recreated my publication from scratch or wait for a bug-fixed 1.8. Thanks Huw

I have the same problem on a Win10 machine that previously had Publisher 1.7 on it. I select one font but Publisher applies some other font. I did a clean install on a different Win10 machine that has never previously had Publisher installed and this does not have the font problem.

That seems to have fixed the loading problem for me (Publisher) but now the fonts get substituted randomly. e.g. I apply Bodoni from the Font selector but it actually applies Incised901. I select Garamond but it sets the selected text to Opus Chords Sans Condensed. In fact, all the fonts and styles are so messed up that the program is not usable.

As reported in another thread, I have this problem too. Usually Publisher 1.8 crashes on startup. Sometimes it opens but many of the fonts are incorrect (I think this applies mainly to TrueType?). This occurs on one Win10 PC. When I installed it on another Win10 PC, the problem did not occur. On the problematic PC I also have Designer and Photo installed plus the free font bundle that came with Publisher. On the non-problem PC, the only Affinity software is Publisher and I don't have any of the font bundles. Huw

Same problem. I've installed o two PCs (both Win10). The 'fresh' install (on a PC that never had a previous installation) seems to work OK. The install on the PC that previously had 1.7 installed causes all kinds of problems. 1) Install Splash screen says 'Installing fonts...' 2) Splash screen vanishes. Program does not load. 3) Try again. This time program (SOMETIMES!) does load but some fonts are scrambled. e.g. Garamond (GARA.TTF) shows characters from some other font ??? (so do certain other fonts) However: mostly the program just bombs out during loading. This was not a problem with 1.7. Best wishes Huw