LarrySunshine
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On 3/11/2020 at 2:02 PM, DWright said:
If your PDF file was originally created using premium fonts then Affinity will not be able to read these fonts and will try to substitute it for the nearest font on your computer, you can try manually changing the font to Ariel Unicode MS as this font has a very large character map and is compatible with most text.
It's Montserrat Google font. It shows fine in the program, it only messes up the font in exported PDF. Also notice that it exports the italic font fine. Also, I am pretty sure these symbols are Montserrat font.
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Tried to open and edit older AI file then export it to PDF, this happens. It shows fine in Designer, but PDF shows alien writings, it catches only italic font somehow. I don't want this to happen again in future, so maybe there are some PDF settings or something?
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I need to transform from flat to isometric. I don't need a 3D model, I only need the top layer, I will draw the sides myself. Can I do this in AD or some free vector software?
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So the mod locked Expand Stroke post, and posted some "ultra legit" results of CorelDRAW and Illustrator in comparison as a final word. So here's a video where I doodle in Affinity Designer, try to expand the stroke then copy the same thing to Ilustrator and expand it.
Just doing my part, exposing your lies and lack of responsibility.
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3 minutes ago, Mithferion said:
I remember a bug in Oracle BI that made add a user to a Role, have to Save and Close, edit the Role again and add a new user, because adding more than one in a single go was not possible.
Even simple tasks can be buggy.
Best regards!
Yes but in prod where you cut stuff, foil etc there are just too many details so you can overlook easily even if you triple check. If you are holding your breath every time you launch prod worrying your software may have failed you it's just not the way to work. If you have to check on everything everytime then you may as well write your own code to operate plotters, printers etc. Keep in mind we are talking about critical bugs dev's know about for years. It's no excuse.
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1 minute ago, Mithferion said:
Since my college days, I’ve been told to test everything and I also learned the hard way that you never have to take anything for granted, so that’s why I asked.
So, just summarize:
- Testing is a must and a best practice, with Serif and with any other Software Package from any Vendor
- It has been badly managed, this and the seams bug, by Serif. I agree with that
- Beating a dead has no purpose
Best regards!
Not taking anything for granted is one thing and I agree, but there is a limit where you put a certain amount of trust in basic tasks software should be able to handle. If you have to triple check every step manually it will add way too much stress which is very bad.
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Just now, Mithferion said:
Ah, true. That’s a whole different story, no doubt.
Just out of curiosity, do you do any kind of testing before going full production mode? Was such a course of action possible in the work that you are referring to?
Best regards!
Absolutely, but that's where the problem is. Expand stroke works sometimes as it should, but sometimes it loses nodes or messes the shape up. The worse scenario is that the result is barely noticeable with bare eye so you launch the prod and you find out you spend money on bunch of scrap. This could be forgivable if it wasn't... 5 years in development of so called professional software.
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7 minutes ago, Mithferion said:
Do you have any idea what backups are for? They will be your best friends.
I’ve been working with Oracle/SAP Solutions for some years now and I can tell you that bugs are everywhere, and that sometimes those big fish last a lot of time to correct them right (because they can issue a Patch that will cause more troubles).
Best regards!
Backups of physical materials? I don't know you can back those up.
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Stockholm Syndrome over here. Nature is weird.
- Move Along People and JGD
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3 hours ago, A_B_C said:
Come on … is there any purpose to such insinuations? As if the developers hadn’t understood your frustration. I really don’t get what kind of satisfaction is derived from such comments.
In all fairness, you will have to admit that the team has proven to strive for useful and innovative solutions in the past. Just have a look at the improved snapping options for the Pen tool. It is a joy to work with it, compared to other applications. Just have a look at isometric drawing, at typography options, at the interoperability of the apps provided by Studio Link. Against this background, it’s hardly understandable why the same type of comments is made over and over again with respect to a single functionality of the application. Admittedly, Expand Stroke is a basic and very important function for a vector application, and it’s current state in Designer is unfortunate. But this has long been acknowledged by the developers, and they repeatedly assured users that this issue is going to be resolved.
Please begin to understand that there is a hierarchy of tasks in complex app development. Insinuations as you made them are getting us nowhere.
Insinuations? Do you have any idea what happens when prod of a big project goes to waste because of a software bug? The answer is NO you don't. And this bug has been for 5 years from what I understand. This is not acceptable and people are outraged. Like I said before the only people who defend Affinity are amateurs or aspiring designers who have no clue what professional design process is.
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On 9/4/2019 at 12:03 PM, MattP said:
To be fair, you did deliberately choose to use a small object there (or a low document DPI) because you know that's what provokes the incorrect behaviour. The results only look so wrong here because of the size it has been performed at. This is currently being fixed, as I mentioned many times before.
The size of element shouldn't matter, so you should obviously know as a dev. A proper vector editor has to be precise. It's actually even worse if the result is barely noticeable so if big prod is launched and the result doesn't fit, looks funny etc. I mean you know all this right?
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2 hours ago, Fantoga said:
I doubt Publisher would be here and production-ready if all hands had not been on deck for development.
Designer provides great value...but the Affinity suite as a whole is astonishingly cost effective for small businesses that rely on design software.
I am eager for a few tools too but it is all well worth the wait.
So do small businesses need fewer design tools? I run a small business and I'd much rather use InkScape because it actually has tools that work. The only people who defend Affinity here are either amateur/aspiring designers who have no idea how any of this works.
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As someone said, you are NOT running an open source project. HOW in the world you cannot fix such a CRITICAL bug for over 1.5 years? Let's be honest, AD is nowhere near professional vector editor when such crucial tools are not working and are not being dealt with. It's hard to have sympathy for you guys even though I guess it's not developers fault but managements.
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It has been 4 years, still no tool. But don't worry, it's on the roadmap and Affinity has got it under control! I haven't seen fanboy base cucked so hard...
Just use InkScape, it's free and it has Envelope Distort. It can also expand strokes precisely.
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Just use InkScape if you want to save money. They will never fix it. After 4 years there is still no Envelope Distort tool which is crucial to certain types of designs. The Undo/Redo system is completely unusable and you get THIS piece of rotten cherry on top. It's just absolutely disgusting.
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So guess what, just like last time I am not the only one complaining about things. Apparently this has been for at least 1.5 years. At this point I will just assume this will most likely never be a professional vector editor and keep exposing this utter disgusting job of software development to others.
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On 7/10/2019 at 6:14 PM, ErrkaPetti said:
Yet another Adobe staff person that will point out that Affinity Suite is not a replacement for Adobe Suite...
I certainly is sure that you already knows the answer...
lol this guy is such a tinfoil head...
People including me complained about this tool not being in AD. I have ~10 years experience in using vector software. I used CorelDRAW, Illustrator and InkScape, and guess what. Each of them had this tool. But of course we have to be employed by Adobe. lol
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I have no clue how would you do a "Wrap" in any program. On a T shirt technically there is no sides, there's only front and back. So just make sure your artwork touches from side t oside and that should be it. I doubt there is software that does this apart from some 3D printing shit.
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15 hours ago, TonyO said:
So use Inkscape to distort your text, copy paste it back into Affinity and keep working.
It's still better than paying your left arm to Adobe every month.
This is not a bad idea, but again it's just totally weird that AD still doesn't have such a tool, whether you use it or not.
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20 hours ago, ErrkaPetti said:
Pretty easy to workaround many of the tools that still is missing in Affinity Designer...
It’s a vector drawing program, so, use your imagination and you easily edit the object to become perspective or distorted...
You seem to be missing the point completely. I expect Professional Software to save time, not to eat it up. I could just as well use InkScape then.
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7 minutes ago, ErrkaPetti said:
Yet another Adobe staff that join Affinity Forum to point out that Adobe is superior to Affinity Suite...
Yeah, that’s true, but, give this company another year of development and another million or two will left Adobe subscription jail...
LOL. Nah dude not only that but we're also aliens.
Someone points out obvious shortcomings of software that markets itself as a complete tool for professionals, they must work for Adobe. It's just cute.You noticed people pointed out that InkScape (which is free) and CorelDRAW can to that, right?
*Solved | Exporting PDF
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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K, I tried one thing - save it as affinity designer file then exported again - all good.