Kaung Myat

Hello!
I hope next update include will tangent snap line drawing.

Yeah, we'll see what we can do - thanks!

+1 for a rotate option and having the choice to have more than 100 duplicates.

Great addition thank you...
+1 for a rotate option to be added to the panel that honours the transform origin...

Hello!
I hope next update include will tangent snap line drawing.

Hello!
I hope next update include will tangent snap line drawing.

I know a number of people have asked for an arc tool over the years, but so far it hasn't appeared in Affinity Designer. It's an essential tool for drawing geometric patterns, e.g. Islamic geometric patterns, along with gothic tracery, arches, etc. Here is a video to show the functionality of the arc tool.
Functionality:
Snap the centre of the arc to any point on a line or curve, the end of a line, or intersection of lines/curves Snap the circumference to a line, the end of a line, or intersection of lines/curves by selecting the end point of an arc, extend the arc snap tangent to curves using the arc tool, draw a complete circle ==== VIDEO OVERVIEW BELOW >>>>
arc-tool-hb.mp4

features that will be in inkscape 1.2

I vote +1 as well, the shape builder tool is a must have in concept design.

This is one tool I miss from AI within my first 15 minutes use of AD. It'd be nice to have in future releases.

Shape builder tool is essential, we need the tool.

I hope they do it

How do you register Affinity Photo?

Sorry, but this is a known issue.
Many more complicated non-Latin scripts are not yet working.
Perhaps Affinity may want to more clearly describe the currently supported languages.
That would prevent some potential ill-will like this situation.
BUT, in testing I did discover something which may help you.
This is not just a "Unicode issue."
It is a combination of Unicode, plus how the OpenType features are constructed in the font, plus the program logic in the text rendering engine. All three interact to create the text.
First I tested in LibreOffice.
The fonts Myanmar Square, Padauk, and Noto Sans Myanmar displayed the text correctly.
Zawgyi-One was very different.
Then I moved it to APub to test there.
The fonts Myanmar Square, and Noto Sans Myanmar were incorrect like your tests.
BUT, the Padauk font displayed the text correctly, in APub!
Zawgyi-One was very different, again.
Oddly this text is the same as Google Translate displays the translation of "cat."
https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=my&text=cat
Even more odd is the Google Translate text is rendered with Noto Sans Myanmar.
Maybe you understand how that is happening. I don't.
This is my test results in APub:

Note that the Padauk text is rendered correctly.
My guess is how they are handling the OpenType part is perhaps working in APub now.
So give it a try.
Home page: Padauk - SIL International  
Direct download: https://software.sil.org/downloads/r/padauk/padauk-3.003.zip
Please come back and post the results of your tests with Padauk.
Unicode Tech Note #11 - Rendering Myanmar in Unicode shows some really complicated logic required that I know cannot be done in only the OpenType features in the font. So I am curious about how much of it works for you in more complete testing.
Take a look at the PDF and see if that does not make your head spin.
http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn11/UTN11_4.pdf
That is what the Affinity guys have to program, for one language.

Hello,
I just downloaded the full suite of Affinity software on my Mac today after reading all the reviews, and I really like what I see. There is a major problem however, which I encountered in Photoshop before, and now Affinity as well - and that is the support for proper unicode typing in Burmese and other sino-tibetan languages. As it stands right now, Photoshop and Affinity both are displaying Myanmar (Burmese) language in a literal progression, instead of how unicode is supposed to be displayed. I don't know if I can explain this very well for non burmese speakers, but I will try:
For example: If I want to write the word "cat" (Jaung) in Burmese, I need to write it according to unicode typing standard, which would be ကြောင် (က+ြ+ေ+ာ+င+်). However, Affinity will not display that correctly. So if I want to type it in affinity, I have to type ေြကာင် (ေ+ြ+က+ာ+င+်), which is completely senseless, and doesn't meet the new unicode standard, making Affinity completely unusable for a number of languages that I speak and design in. You might be wondering, "well, why not just change the order you type in?" Glad you asked. Why? Well, because it's not that simple. Beings that Burmese unicode is dynamic (certain characters change size or shift right, left, up, or down automatically depending on proper typed order, which as I just tested it, due to Affinity not supporting the proper typing order, makes the text unreadable as it is not shifting properly due to that incorrect typing order) it requires all software to fully support the Unicode table and typing order. I have yet to test some other languages that I daily use, but I'm afraid it will be the same problem. So is there some way to fix this? Or am I out in the cold having spent $120 on software I can't use for 90% of my projects? Would you guys be able to update it and make it work properly for non English languages?
Just to clarify, in case you can not see the above characters rendered properly on your device, this is the unicode order for the word "cat" in Burmese (Jaung) as it should be typed:
U+1000U+103CU+1031U+102CU+1004U+103A
The above however does not display properly in Affinity. To display semi-properly I have to use the below order, which is incorrect and still has a a major error:
U+1031U+103CU+1000U+102CU+1004U+103A
The above is not entirely correct, as ြ (Ya Pínt) displays only half the width of က (Ka gyi) when it should display the full width. This is a serious issue, as it makes this software completely unusable for 80+ million people. So please do fix this asap so this app can be used properly. If there is some way I can contribute to the devs any linguistic info I'm also happy to do that if needed, but this needs to be fixed quick. I am attaching a screenshot below which will hopefully help clear up my poor explanation.
Looking forward to a solution.
 

I'd love it if I could easily convert from Artistic Text to Frame Text with a click of a button or shortcut. I dislike having to create a new frame text and then copy the text out of the the artistic text box and past into the frame text box.

The most "up-to-date" list is available here.  I think it is only fair to point out that Miguel (MEB on the forums) who provides that page, is a very busy person and the list may not be completely current!
 
Jeff

I have seen this topic come up pretty often and thought maybe I should post this resource here.
I know some people need to have native vector arrow shapes in their work so I created a brush for that you can use until arrows are implemented fully in the the application.
 
Just import them into your brush pallet.
 
cheers :)
 

Ronnies Arrow Brush set.afbrushes.zip

Hi hawk,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
This was already discussed in a few threads. Take a look at those:
- How to draw perfect double arrow circle?
- How to make arrow head in the end of line?
- Arrow Brush

Hey guys,
I new to Affinity Designer and I wanted to make folding line for my origami ebook folding instruction, but after draw the line I don't see the arrow head available, how to make it?
I googled it, but some post mentioned that this feature not available yet? how come? for such a pro app still not available?
 
Please help and reply ASAP!