William Overington

A thread for people to have a go at implementing Indian languages in Affinity products

You might like to note that the linked page has 33 occurrences of the phrase ‘Indic scripts’. By contrast, the phrase ‘Indian scripts’ occurs just 8 times, and only when distinguishing between ‘North Indian scripts’ and ‘South Indian scripts’: it doesn’t occur in isolation at all.

A thread for people to have a go at implementing Indian languages in Affinity products

Yes, that's right. I think rather than Tofu, what these are vowel markers without "bodies". In Tamil, consonants are "bodies". Vowels are the "soul". So, Affinity fails to bring them together. 

Ah, I am unfamiliar with a dotted circle being displayed. I only know it from the code charts where it is used for showing where an accent is to be placed in combinimg siuations.
For example, in this code chart.
https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0300.pdf
Code charts page.
https://www.unicode.org/charts/

Perhaps by tofu I miscommunicated. I mean dotted circles. Not the rectangular glyph. 

Tofu glyphs being in the display, in situations that I have encountered unrelated to Indian languages, is a result of the desired glyphs not being available in the font that is being used.
Oh, if I were younger and worked there I would be keen to have a go and ask if I could try to use the project to get a higher degree.
 

All of it. Affinity cannot simply render Indic text correctly without slipping into Tofu characters. It cannot bring together vowel and consonants together correctly. Nor can it render words correctly. Nor can it render kerning and tracking correctly. It fails on all counts. 

Ah, I had not noticed that functionality.

There’s not much point in going to the parent ‘Core Spec’ page for the chapter links, since you need to click on the ‘Contents’ tab to see them. The ‘Contents’ tab on the Chapter 12 page provides the same functionality.

The following linked document provides a lot of information about the way that Unicode encodes a number of Indian languages.
https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/
Other chapters are available from the following web page.
https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/

Will the Canva Affinity management team consider please stating a Pledge to not include any AI in Affinity Publisher, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and if Canva Affinity introduces any AI into Affinity that it is done in separate products that can be accessed from Affinity Publisher, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo. This would keep any AI features entirely separate and would provide provenance for artists who would be required by their clients to guarantee that AI has not been involved in the production of their artwork, required for both artistic and legal reasons. Making such a pledge now would provide great reassurance to those who would welcome such reassurance, yet not restrict the possibility of providing AI features for those who would like to have them available. Indeed, some artists might choose to use AI in some projects yet not in others.
I write to ask about this as a result of a post in another thread, my reply and the reply by @Alfred to my reply, and my reply to that post.
 
 

I disagree.
The threads were not current.
If someone wants to post to an older thread and bring it back to the top, then fine.
If someone wants to start a new thread, then fine.
The problem with bumping an old thread is that a reader may feel as if he or she should read everything that has been posted previously in that thread.
A new thread is fresh and starts off straight away with what the poster wants to say.
William
 

This is interesting.
Oxford spelling - Wikipedia
William
 

Someone might have miskeyed and got "one could introducer ectangles into the design" in the document.
Interestingly, in keying the above line into this forum post both miskeyed and ectangles become underlined in some red waves but introducer does not.
William
 

Latest picture quiz for our club's bingo and quiz night. will be one copy A3, entry £1.00 per person and money collected will be divided equally to the club member/guest winner and a local charity

In what spell checkers often term as "British English" it is 'organisation'.
However, the -ize ending that American English uses is a retention of the earlier English form that people took with them when moved from England centuries ago, before in England it was influenced by French.
The Oxford English Dictionary tends to use the -ize ending for many (ise/ize) words, but it is not a simple matter. It tends to be influenced by how the word came to be in the English language.
There is something about whether it came from classical Greek.
However, the Oxford English Dictionary reports usage by people, not prescribing nor proscribing usage.
William
 

In what spell checkers often term as "British English" it is 'organisation'.
However, the -ize ending that American English uses is a retention of the earlier English form that people took with them when moved from England centuries ago, before in England it was influenced by French.
The Oxford English Dictionary tends to use the -ize ending for many (ise/ize) words, but it is not a simple matter. It tends to be influenced by how the word came to be in the English language.
There is something about whether it came from classical Greek.
However, the Oxford English Dictionary reports usage by people, not prescribing nor proscribing usage.
William
 

In the Stroke panel in the Designer Persona you will find icons at the top for the line style, including None, standard, dotted, and textured (terms are probably not quite right). Choose textured. 
Pick a brush from the Brushes panel.
 

I too am a hobbyist.
To start, I think it would be a good idea to state the size of the poster.
Then consider at what distance you want people to notice it, read at least one or two or a few words so that they are likely to move closer to the poster to read what is in smaller type.
Please remember that eyesight varies among people and that some people are wearing glasses and if your lettering is too small then people may have a problem reading it standing by it rather than sat down reading a leaflet.
If the poster is to be indoors at the library, perhaps on a noticeboard, maybe you might consider having a pile of leaflets available at the enquiry desk, then the poster could have something like There is a free leaflet available at teh reception desk with further details.
What the "one or two or a few words" are in something to consider.
Maybe FREE COURSE will get people to read the poster.
Or maybe 
3D PRINTING
text
text
text etc etc
FREE COURSE
might be more effective.
What information do you want the poster to convey.
When I first saw your post I had never heard of a Cricut machine.
Maybe a lot of people who see your poster will not have heard of it either.
So maybe somewhere you need to include
A Cricut machine is (then concisely say what it is, in general terms)
What software are you using?
William
 
 

Hi All,
Maybe this forum is a good place for this but I thought I'd ask as I've crated a basic graphic for a public library event via a poster. We're trying to communicate that we teach 3D printing and the Cricut machine both for free with free prints either one-on-one or small groups.
I'm wondering how I can, as my mom would say, "doll it up" a bit?
Besides the basic graphics what could I add that might give it other attractive features?
I'm not a graphic designer so something like curved lines or other little graphic enhancement so it doesn't look so basic?
If this is an inappropriate topic, would you please be so kind as to share a good forum one can post projects on and get constructive suggestions?
Thank you.
 
 
 

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It takes at least an hour to make the first layer, which is the framework/foundation for where you will put the rest of the details.     For a decent finished painting like mine it will take a total of 5-8 hours or so, ( but that can take me 3 weeks to find the time.  Being deliberate about every action beginning to end helps, but creativity and spontaneity can’t be ignored.  

Apparently it took Leonardo 16 years to paint the Mona Lisa!