Bad_Wolf

I don't care if Affinity is professional or not, as long as I can accomplish what I need, it is fine. I am a happy Affinity user.

@nour bouch, I really asking myself what your problem is. You are correct, when updating from version 1.x to 2.x, we had to pay again. However, when I remember correctly, there was a heavy discount at the start. Taking into account that all .x updates for almost 6 years where free, this is hardly something to complain about. When you buy the Universal License today, it is 179,99 euros. For that money, you receive all apps (Designer, Photo and Publisher) for all platforms. For that price you receive all updates free until version 3. Now let's take Adobe. For Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign, These are the subscription prices per month: Illustrator: 26,43 euro Photoshop: 26,43 euro Indesign: 26,43 euro This makes a total of 79,29 euro per month. After your second month using Adobe subscription, the price of the Universal License of Affinity is already repaid. You can continue using Affinity without upgrading to the paid v3 version for as long as you want, without any additional payment. On the other hand, when you stop paying Adobe's subscription, you can no longer use their applications. I agree, there are some things we have to miss for now, and there are annoying bugs. However, there are no showstoppers in Affinity. I don't see any problem for you, except perhaps a lack of respect for other people's opinions. When Affinity is so bad and Adobe is so good, what kept you from switching to Adobe's subscription model? Pay Adobe each month 79,29 euro and you are happy again. Regarding your concerns about the future of Affinity, please be assured that both Canva and Affinity will benefit from the merger, even at this moment. You can already see that. Please, can we now go to more serious subjects? Thank you.

Both Canva (Pro) and Affinity have their own places where they shine. I do use both but Affinity more. Personally, in much areas, I find Affinity easier than Canva. The Affinity Suite V2x is very useful, does an excellent job and is all you need to create your publications. When people want to pay Adobe monthly subscriptions, then go ahead. When they are happy at that side, so much better. However, for most publications, you can use Affinity too, much cheaper and not so heavily bloated like the Adobe applications. @nour bouch Your information about who started the (digital) creative life is very far off. 1. Xerox Parc Early concepts and technologies behind DTP as GUI and WYSIWYG exploration 2. Bob Doyle and his wife Holy In 1984 they released MacPublisher, the first serious application which combined text and images. Only available for Mac 3. Aldus Aldus launched PageMaker in July 1985. It used Adobe PostScript and Apple LaserWriter. Paul Brainerd, co-founder and chairman of Aldus, used Desktop Publishing (DTP) for the first time. If you want Adobe to dominate the market, think twice. Look at how expensive their subscriptions are and how they abused their users with their monopoly in the past. Luckily we have Affinity and Canva, both worthy competitors! Think before you speak!

You should replace WebPlus with another website builder. I can recommend Incomedia Website X5. They have regular promotions which let you purchase the software with big discounts. Serif WebPlus was an excellent website builder, but continuing to use it will lead you to a dead end. Chris

Hello everyone, After a long walk, I find it better to separate the cover from the interior content. Creating masters with two different spread dimensions is just inviting errors. I will create the covers completely in Designer and then export them to PDF. The interiors are done completely in Publisher, with content imported from Designer. So, for every publication, I have two files: cover_name.pdf interior_name.pdf Believe me, it is better this way. Chris

Hello Everyone, I just experimented in Publisher (2.6.3) with different document sizes. For example, at startup I created a document size A4 (210 by 297 mm). Then I created a Cover and Interior master. I gave the Cover spread a dimension of 440 by 311 mm. Two 210 mm wide pages for the front and back and the spine. The interior spread is 210 by 297 mm. Both templates have a 3.2 mm bleed, except the inner, which is 0. Both spreads seem to keep their own dimensions. I place the cover/spine/back on page 1 which is linked to the Cover Master and the subsequent interior pages linked to the Interior Master. When the book is ready, it is the intention to create a PDF of the Cover Master containing the front/back/spine. Then another PDF containing the interior. My question is: will this workout for me. The cover PDF having a width of 440 mm + bleed, The other PDF containing the interior pages with bleed and their own margins? Thank you in advance for your help. Chris

Why am I not special?

I just looked up if there is another option to convert type 1 fonts and I found FontForge. Here is the link: Download Fontforge for Free I hope this helps.

Thank you Alfred for your information. I looked up if High Logic Font Creator (Professional) can open/import Type 1 fonts, but still didn't find anything about it. However, according to ChatGPT, it should be possible. I want to make clear that I have no experience in this but do my best to help.

Bad_Wolf again here, I just found out that we can sent a private message to each other. So when you are interested, just sent me a private message.

Hello Influxx, I have Font Creator but do not use it much. Here is what I asked ChatGPT about converting Type 1 fonts to TrueType: "Can Font Creator convert Postscript Typ 1 fonts to TrueType or open font type" This is the reply: Yes, FontCreator can convert PostScript Type 1 fonts to TrueType (TTF) or OpenType (OTF)—but there are a few caveats: 🔍 Here's the breakdown: FontCreator (from High-Logic) supports importing PostScript Type 1 fonts, including .pfb and .afm files. Once imported, you can rebuild or re-export the font as: TrueType (.ttf) OpenType with TrueType outlines (.otf) OpenType with PostScript outlines (depending on edition) 🔐 You’ll need the Professional or higher edition of FontCreator to get full access to these features, especially advanced import/export tools. 🧩 Some PostScript fonts may not import perfectly—especially if they're older or proprietary. You might have to manually adjust metrics, kerning, or glyph mappings after conversion. 💡 Pro Tip: If your PostScript font only comes as .pfm (no .pfb), conversion gets trickier. You'll need both .pfb and .afm or .pfm files to properly convert. If you wish, we can try to see if we can convert the fonts you need. The question is, how are we gonna communicate and exchange the files with each other? It seems this forum has no private messaging. Somebody any suggestions about this?

I am afraid your software is too old for Windows 11. That is the problem with legacy software, which is no longer maintained. Maybe PagePlus X9 will still work on Windows 11. However, continuing to work with this old software is very risky, especially when you use it professionally. Why not change to the Affinity Suite or only Publisher when you do not need Designer and Photo? When I switched to the Affinity Suite (when Designer, Photo, and Publisher became available) back in 2016, I missed the Plus software very much. However, I didn't look back and just went for it. I didn't regret my decision after a while. Another reason to switch is that the Plus software's file format is incompatible with the Affinity software. The longer you work with the Plus software, the bigger this problem can become when your old software no longer works as now is the case. Think about this seriously, because it isn't nice to loose work because your software is too old and no longer support modern operating systems.

Welcome at the forrum. Affinity Revolution has many excellent Affinity courses for beginners and advanced users. This is their website: https://affinityrevolution.com/ You can access paid courses and free tutorials from their website. Also when you search for Affinity Revolution at Youtube, you find many tutorials. I am sure you will find your answers there. I hope this helps. Chris

The "Object Selection" tool is only available in Affinity Photo. I think this is the tool you missed.

Hi again, I just find the solution when this weird behaviour happens. Just switch your extended screens to duplicate again. Confirm the change. Then switch to extended again and confirm. The scrollbar is behaving normal again. It is not a bug in Affinity Designer. The cause is the extended screens. I hope this will help when you find yourself in the same situation. Kind Regards, Chris