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I believe an apostrophe is not used to make some place names easier to read! Great to be reminded of this map all these years later - I too might be going to Nottingham soon.

Yes, I also spotted this (eventually!). Although the one displayed in the styles panel is different to this one! 😉 <wink>.

MYSTERY SOLVED Hello all, just heard back from Bob Byrne, the author of the Shizzle style pack. The world/globe icons mean that those styles will tile/repeat seamlessly!

Just wondering what the 'world' icon in the style panel means and why the icon only shows for some styles? I didn't notice any help documentation about them. All the styles work as expected with or without the icon. The screenshot below shows 'The Shizzle Part THREE' which is part of 'The Shizzle Style and Brush Pack' installed from the Account Window. The first 20 styles have the icon and the following 6 don't. The other parts, ie ONE & TWO don't show the icons. Thanks

WORK AROUND / SOLUTION Uninstall the whole add-on bundle, not just part with the unwanted assets, and reinstall. I suppose the problem is that I don't know how it occurred in the first place, so presumably it could happen again. btw I have found the Shizzle Style and Brush Pack a very useful and versatile addition to Affinity Designer.

Thanks Walt for your reply and RC-R for looking into this. For info the pack was originally installed using the Account window. I've now tried uninstalling the pack - just the assets part called 'The Shizzle'. After doing this I discovered this had happened before, ie another group had been added but to a different subsection. I know this because they were not uninstalled. The screenshot below shows what was left after uninstalling. I went ahead and reinstalled the pack via the Account window, but it didn't overwrite the two old subsections, it just moved the rogue assets to the top of their respective lists. The right click options were still unavailable (greyed out/locked). One last thing I tried was to uninstall, rename the subsections (square/Flanks), then reinstall. The result was the renamed sections were still displaying (and locked), but the original subsections were recreated ok. It's too late for today, but maybe I'll try uninstalling the whole pack next 🤔

I've somehow inadvertently managed to add an asset (a group) to an add-on pack (The Shizzle Style and Brush Pack) and now cannot delete it. Screenshot of asset panel below. I assume this must be a bug if you can add but can't delete. All the other assets in the pack are 'locked'. Is there away to unlock them or do I remove and add them again?

Going a bit off-piste diving into the abstract/painterly zone. Trying out different toning, layer blends and textures. It's had a shave and now morphing into a mola (sunfish).

Have a go - that's your homework. Thanks so much! There's still quite a difference between what's in my head what comes out. Some of that maybe down to a lack of technical knowledge, and some down to lack of good drawing skills - but it's all good fun anyway. Thanks again.

Hi all, I thought I'd give myself a quick project to explore Affinity's Shape tools and make a series of images. I've made some fish like creatures, but other themes could easily used, like monsters, faces etc. I was thinking this idea could help new users learn about the Shape tools and generally have some creative fun. When I get a few spare moments, my intention is to further embellish each shape with colours, different fills, backgrounds, text etc Note: the bitmap fill is from The Shizzle Style and Brush Pack (Grizzle 1), the paper texture is from True Grit Texture Supply (Folio-Vellum) and additional line shading is from Artifex Forge's Vintage Engraved Patterns (Pattern 6). Yes, I have splashed out on the Spring Sale offers!

@Dan C Just confirming that this issue doesn't happen after opening this menu from the dropdown arrow to the right of the font name.

Applications: Affinity Designer & Publisher V2.4.0 Operating system: Details in signature. Problem: When using the glyph browser the font list closes the moment the scroll bar is clicked. This can be reproduced and happens for all documents. Note: It is still possible to use arrow keys to scroll up and down list and enter a letter to find a font. The scroll bar works within a select font.

Spoke too soon - slow start up is back for me. Start up is quicker if apps are left open when shutting down.

Just a quick (30 second) update. I've just updated to macOS 14.3.1 and all is good again for me. 😁

For info, same issue here. In whole scheme of things it sounds ridiculous having to take 30 seconds out of your life, but somehow it does matter! Thanks