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  1. If Canva actually implements its 4-point plan as announced, the acquisition could be a win-win for everyone. I am thinking here of the users who would like to use the Affinity programs on Linux or on an Android tablet. And those who would like to work in a team on the same project. All this and much more could be realized through the merger. Canva may not have the best reputation, but they can ensure that their popularity increases with a smart approach. A smart approach would include offering stand-alone apps at a fair price so that people on low incomes can afford them too. Time will tell what will become of the award-winning software. Until then, it's a case of wait and see.
  2. Since a few peoples were interested in a "guide" to get Affinity v2 working on Linux here it is, Before asking for help or sending logs here try and troubleshoot issues yourself with WineHQ's documentation : https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User's_Guide https://wiki.winehq.org/Building_Wine Before anything else I'd like to state that this does NOT deliver a stable nor 1:1 experience to what Windows10/11 will give you but i believe it to be an important step for Serif to witness Affinity's potential on the Linux ecosystem. And that yes peoples like us, going to this hacky extent to get your products working on our OS of choice is meaningful so please consider your marketing impact if a native version were to exist. An other note to Serif, Affinity's devs and managers :
  3. of course, that too. I am going even further I am trying to look for something that actually works on linux, would be neat
  4. I use Linux and a ton of FOSS/FLOSS software. Inkscape is definitely no replacement for Illustrator or Designer. That's why the devs from Affinity need to fix Inkscape when they get laid off in 6 months from the Canva family.
  5. Waking up, new mail notification, Affinity and the subject reads… An exciting announcement … Web design apps added to the family? Linux development program? Video editing app? So many exciting possibilities… But no, the usual thing in business, the big fish had eaten the smaller fish. Obviously V3 will be rental. But the main concern I have is; since Affinity is web server based license. Canva could reject to honor any “perpetual” or “one payment” license in the future. That happened to me when eon-software was purchased by… oh sorry… when eon-software joined the Bentley family. The Bentley guys took down the license servers and asked users to pay 4 times the original price of the software to “update” the license. I don’t like it, but I went Monkey D. Luffy with that one. Well, It was fun while it lasted.
  6. I think, the problem is that there are to less developers working on GIMP. E.g. I remember that some years ago there was only one developer for the MAC-version. And he suddenly somehow disappeared, and there wasn't a new MAC-version for weeks, even the Linux- and Windows-versions were already published. It seems to be a general problem with Open Source that they are much too less supported by the public..
  7. This is a direct question to the devs and/or moderators here that can answer for them. Not a debate topic. What conditions would need to be met for Serif to make a linux version of the affinity suite? How much of a global market share would linux need? If Adobe suddenly decides to make a linux version? A kickstarter campaign to guarantee the funds needed, removing all risk? Would it take Serif themselves becoming financially comfortable enough to be able to experiment and expand? What needs to be done to get a Linux version?
  8. I am writing to request an update on the potential release of a Linux port of the Affinity Suite. I understand that in the past, the small user base for Linux compared to macOS and Windows was a concern. However, I would like to bring to your attention that the number of Linux users has significantly increased since the forum posts discussing this issue in 2016-2018. This survey conducted by Stack Overflow, demonstrates the increased adoption of Linux by professionals developers. A similar survey show the same increase in VFX studios, and other artistic industries for stability and deployment reasons. Both shows that Linux exceed macOS's user base by a significant amount. I also wanted to mention the availability of Flatpak / Flathub as a solution to the issue of portability and stability across different Linux distributions. In addition, I wanted to address the concern of profitability in the development of a Linux release. While it is not a perfect solution, I have seen that the Affinity Suite primarily uses OpenGL, who have been implemented well on Linux and .NET 4.8 achieve acceptable stability through the use of wine. As a professional photo editor, vector graphics, and page layout software, the Affinity Suite would be a valuable addition to the Linux ecosystem, filling a gap in the market for high-quality professional software on this platform. I hope that you will consider these points in your current position on a Linux release. I respectfully request that Could you provide us with your current stance on a Linux release, taking into account the points mentioned above.
  9. Look at Open Source Design/Art Software: - Blender is probably the best example, but the interface is still a bit clunky and the learning curve is steep. Lot of support and the community is great, though. - GIMP is... not bad, but the interface is also quite poor. It's functional for most things, but still not Photoshop by a long shot. Still, you can find add-ons and tutorials easily. - Inkscape is absolute hell. I tried using it several times, but the interface is downright unusable and counterintuitive. It looks as if someone deliberately made it more difficult for the user. And I know some people use it regularly and have done great things with it, it is just too painful. If it was more user-friendly, I'd probably be using it instead of buying Affinity Designer. - Before purchasing Affinity Publisher, I had also tried Scribus, as an open source publishing software. Scribus may have advanced functions, but it suffers from the same clunky interface as most of the other design open source programs do. Scribus support and documentation is also poor, and it is extremely difficult to use. I love open source software. I used Ubuntu and Libreoffice for years at my desktop, and I only moved back to Windows because I got a Microsoft Surface and Clip Studio Paint did not have a version for Linux. I got back to Microsoft Office instead of Libreoffice because MS365 comes with 1TB Onedrive storage, and that was cheaper than keep using Libreoffice and get a stand-alone cloud storage service. Still, whenever I can I use open source software, and when I need a program that's the first I check. But when it comes to design, OSS does not quite cut it, except maybe for Blender, which despite the UI and learning curve, is a pretty amazing program overall. If there was a team working in an open-source suite of design software similar to Affinity with well-written documentation and an intuitive UI, I wouldn't even think about subscribing to their Patreon (or whatever) as long as they kept the development going.
  10. Hi all, Currently making the transition to Linux (Zorin OS) and Affinity Photo is really the only thing that's keeping me from leaving Windows entirely. I tried VirtualBox and Bottles, but had difficulty getting Affinity Photo to run in both instances. Anyone have an easy solution? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
  11. This is so true. When you look at the very small number of desktop Linux users compared to the global number of desktop computer users and then the demographics in that userbase you can see why games are on Linux but not Affinity. Resolve was a very special case. There was a very custom Linux version of that when it was over $250K a seat and required over $25k of hardware as a dongle to make it work. When they brought out a $1000 Resolve, it was on Mac and then PC. The Linux version that didn't require expensive HW dongles was much later and on one, and only one, distribution of Linux. Even now, the Linux version of Resolve is missing stuff that is standard on Mac and PC. This won't change until Linux PLC signs agreements with various companies, and it is all delivered as a binary (not source code). If resolve are not doing expensive agreements to put these things into the Linux Resolve, there is no way Serif could justify it. The problem is you have Linux Religion vs real world business. No matter how noisy the Linux devotees are it doesn't add up for the real world accountants.
  12. There is no Windows religion. It is just a work horse that is there, and the vast majority of desktop business and home users use it. (over 80%?) It is a tool that is comparable with "everyone else". For most they don't care. There are faults with it, as there are with everything like this. But it just works on almost any hardware you throw at it and "everyone" does drivers and apps for it. IT is what it is. Macs do have more of a Fan-boy element became of the style and Apple cultivating it. Besides, people need to justify spending a lot more on a mac than a comparable PC. MACs were more reliable because Apple controls the whole infrastructure. That said, the shine has come off Apple of late due to changes in the way it works. Also this wasn't helped by Adobe having a change of business model at a similar time. So many were reassessing their position. Linux on the other hand has a very small part of the desktop market, usually only in certain sectors and its users shout many , many times louder than 90% of the Windows users. (most of whom couldn't give a monkey's) The Linux users start shouting their user base has doubled... From infinitesimal to insignificant and wonder why companies are not rushing to support linuxes Linus Torvld has explained many times why Linux is not going to work as a mainstream desktop.... there are penalty of videos of him explaining it at conferences over the last decade. The other more significant reason: that he has talked about and got savaged by Linux people, is how the kernel is patched. This coupled with how distributions are done make it a non-starter for most apps. I have worked in computing for over 35 years, mainly on critical systems, and seen the problem people have with Linux. I Work with a company that supplies dev tools. If you are working with Linux as a target the at a 10% surcharge as a line item because Linux is such a mess to support. That is the commercial reality. This is why the Linux is a region. Its devotees don't seem to understand economics or business. There is a business case for Linux but it is not as a desktop OS.
  13. I see this thread turned into a windows vs linux fanboy style flame war and I'd like to just step in and say people should take a breath. If you use Windows and you love it and would never switch to anything else, good for you! You have the Affinity Suite on your OS of choice. This kind of topic is not about you and you gain nothing from trying to gatekeep what Serif does. You already got what you wanted from the start. This thread is about the people that daily drive a different OS that is severely lacking in the photo/vector editing side of things. I'm one of those people and I've made do with what I have (I use substance designer, krita and darktable for my image needs). It would be absolutely fantastic to have a good image manipulation software like affinity but even more so, I'm really missing affinity designer. I honestly think affinity would dominate the space if they made linux versions of their suite. It would be the best. There is practically no competition. As for people who are saying no one uses linux so Serif shouldn't bother, that hasn't stopped Autodesk from having Maya or Houdini, it didn't stop Epic's Unreal engine or Unity engine having native linux versions. It didn't stop FOSS projects like Blender, Godot, Gimp and Inkscape either. There's all kinds of professional software that has linux native versions that are maintained to this day alongside windows and mac versions, from massive corperations to non profits. I don't think anyone can say "no one uses linux" because obviously, we do. The desktop marketshare is rising to 5% if it's not already there, and for gaming it has overtaken Mac. There are whole companies banking on Linux like Valve, System76 etc. It's not dead and it's not dying, the linux marketshare is ever growing and IMO shouldn't be ignored. My reasons for using linux is because it's faster, sleek and completely under my control. I don't agree to the windows ToS. Anyone that uses windows has no control over their system, heck you don't even own windows, you are licensed to it which MS can revoke at any time they want. I'm a professional game developer (3d artists specifically) and I, along with many others, are fast realising this is an option we can take. This thread isn't about what is better out of linux mac or windows. mac and windows users already got what they want from Serif. Please stop bothering to gatekeep and let people discuss the topic at hand, which is that linux users want and need a suite like affinity and would welcome Serif!
  14. You are comparing Linux to Unix. Linux is NOT a Unix, Both are POSIX OS and there are many POSIX OS and RTOS that are, like Linux, not a UNIX. They are all to a far higher quality than Linux. Point one: Re MS your bigotry noted. (though MS are not entirely "clean") Point 2 This is incorrect. State Actors have, and still do, introduce malware in to the Linux Kernel. Also distributions of Linux. The Thompson [Unix] Backdoor Hack was only on the initial unstable development kernel. It was removed when the kernel became stable. However when talking about it many years later the hack he described that, had he been malicious, he would have used is far more subtle and to this day is easy to implement to infect any Linux Kernel and GCC compiler. This alone makes Linux inherently unsafe. Point 3 you mention servers... There are headless versions of Windows and Unix, all which do work very well. They are also more secure than Linux unless you have skilled people who can lake Linux Secure. (Have you ever run static and dynamic code analysers over a Linux Kernel?) For embedded use Linux is not a good choice despite many using it. There are also embedded versions of Windows, some of which are headless. Pint 4 "Free" That tends to appeal to hobby people and corporate accountants. However the lifetime costs and risks usually outweigh this.
  15. I think this is incorrect. Mac and Windows have about 87-88% global desktop share. with linux rising to around 4-5% not including chromeOS which is also just linux (it is, get over it), which is around 2-3% and the rest is unknown (though I don't know if steamdeck is counted, it's technically a linux desktop but I doubt most people use the browser so they may not get counted). If we're being conservative here linux is 6-7% desktop share really, give or take a few million steamdeck users if they were counted. I'm curious about the remaining ~6% unknown desktop share though. They're desktops, but those who care enough to mask themselves are probably the paranoid linux crowd lol... Which would make the linux share more like 12% but we'll never know that for sure. The stats I think are based on desktop browser use. RIP FreeBSD, clearly dead in the water.
  16. Yea notice how no one is calling it a Windows religion or Mac religion, despite how this topic is to specifically discuss linux and there are windows crusaders in here going "NooOoOoOOoOOoo" for zero gain other than to try to thwart linux users and dissuade Serif? If using a different OS to you counts as a religion in your head while you are going out of your way to do this, you need therapy, because I doubt linux users are going into every other request topic and saying "NO serif shouldn't add this feature they need to spend their money on me and my OS instead" like you're doing here. It's strange, the mental gymnastics I've seen you and others do on these forums trying to gatekeep how Serif spends their time and resources. Heck this topic is specifically asking the best ways to run the software on linux regardless of official support and thanks to people like yourself it's devolved into a thread about why you don't like linux.
  17. Hi there! I just wanted to share a list of Free for Commercial Use Fonts. This is a curated[*] list of some of the best freely available Fonts out there. The criteria I had in order to come up with this list: They have to be either Free or Open Source Fonts. They can be used in commercial projects (some restrictions may vary from Font to Font, so be sure to read first). I made my best to ensure this point, but I could be wrong and I'd be more that happy if you let me know if I made a mistake. No attribution required. In some cases (Serif and Sans Serif), they have to have more than two weights (at least one italic included). Support for Spanish characters like Á, Ü, ¿¡!?, Ññ (since I speak Spanish, this was mandatory, but there are many more good Fonts that don't cover this criteria). [*] I have basic knowledge about typography, but I have read reviews from well educated people in order to ensure quality. Well, here it is the list. As you can see, they are grouped by classification, and a general one in that regard. Some of the Serif and Sans Serif fonts were included in "Headlines" because they had one weight or they had no italics/oblique. [UPDATE] Added notes on some cases, like what the Font can be an alternative of. [UPDATE] Added the number of Fonts. [UPDATE] Adding previews of the fonts... eventhough some of them won't look as good, but it will help before clicking on a link. [UPDATE] Where possible, I added a link to real life examples linking to Fonts In Use, for inspiration. Blackletter Berkshire Swash - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Berkshire+Swash BlackChancery - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/blackchancery-font.html Fonts In Use examples CAT Walthari - 1 Font [Alternative to: Walthari] https://fontesk.com/walthari-font/ Fonts In Use examples Chomsky - 1 Font [Alternative to: Old English] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/chomsky Fonts In Use example Cloister Black - 1 Font [Alternative to: Old English] http://www.fontspace.com/dieter-steffmann/cloister-black Fonts In Use examples Colchester - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/colchester-font.html . Eagle Lake - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Eagle+Lake Fette UNZ Fraktur - 2 Fonts (one with classic shapes for some letters) [Alternative to: Fette Fraktur] https://fontesk.com/fette-unz-fraktur/ Fonts In Use examples Fondamento - 2 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fondamento Gondola SD - 2 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Gondola-SD Hansa Gotisch - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/hansagotisch-font.html Manuskript Gothisch - 1 Font https://www.dafont.com/es/manuskript-gothisch.font Fonts In Use example Moderne Fraktur - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/moderne-fraktur-font.html Fonts In Use examples Pirata One - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Pirata+One Squealer - 2 Fonts https://www.dafont.com/es/squealer.font UnifrakturCook - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/UnifrakturCook Fonts In Use example Display Abril Fatface - 2 Fonts are free [Alternative to: Bodoni Poster, Miller] https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/type-together/abril/ Fonts In Use examples (include examples of the non-free Abril Display fonts) Airstream NF - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/airstream-font.html Amarante - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Amarante Barbaro - 2 Fonts http://www.1001fonts.com/barbaro-font.html Bullpen - 3 Fonts are free https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/bullpen Fonts In Use example Butler & Butler Stencil - 7 & 7 Fonts [Alternative to: Bodoni] https://befonts.com/butler-font.html Fonts In Use examples Capture It - 2 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/capture-it Catallina - 1 Font https://rostype.com/catallina/ Centenario v0.1 - 1 Font https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--R27VKxs4bCoGa5s55CirtReR3Fui-J Cheque - 2 Fonts http://www.fontfabric.com/cheque-font/ Chonburi - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Chonburi Cinzel Decorative - 3 Fonts [Alternative to: Trajan] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cinzel+Decorative Citrica - 1 Font https://befonts.com/citrica-font.html Classica - 4 Fonts https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/classica Colus - 1 Font http://www.fontfabric.com/colus/ Fonts In Use example Cormorant Upright - 5 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant+Upright Cuyabra - 4 Fonts https://befonts.com/cuyabra-typeface.html Emberly - 54 Fonts https://www.behance.net/gallery/87667103/Emberly-Free-Typeface-54-Styles https://gumroad.com/l/XTAeN (Direct downloat at Gumroad, just put a 0) Enigmatic - 3 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Enigmatic Euphorigenic - 1 Font https://www.dafont.com/es/euphorigenic.font Fonts In Use example High School USA Sans - 2 Fonts http://www.fontspace.com/abdulmakesfonts/high-school-usa Ironick NF - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/ironick-normal-font.html Kaushan Script - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kaushan+Script Limelight - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Limelight Lobster Two - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lobster+Two Fonts In Use examples MADE Mountain - 1 Font https://fontesk.com/made-mountain-font/ Marcellus SC - 1 Font [Alternative to: Trajan] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Marcellus+SC Metropolis 1920 - 1 Font https://befonts.com/metropolis-1920.html Milonga - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Milonga Moniqa - 162 Fonts. Divided as follows: - 54 Display Fonts (18 Regular Width, 18 Narrow and 18 Condensed) - 54 Heading Fonts (18 Regular Width, 18 Narrow and 18 Condensed) - 54 Paragraph Fonts (18 Regular Width, 18 Narrow and 18 Condensed) [Just put a 0 to get it for free] https://rajputrajesh-448.gumroad.com/l/MONIQA Niconne - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Niconne Nikoleta - 1 Font https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/nikoleta Old Standard TT - 3 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Old+Standard+TT Fonts In Use examples Oranienbaum - 1 Font [Alternative to: Bodoni] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oranienbaum Orbitron - 6 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Orbitron Parisish - 1 Font http://www.fontspace.com/george-williams/parisish Pitch Display - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/pitch-display-font.html Placid Armor - 1 Font https://befonts.com/placid-armor-typeface.html Playfair Display - 12 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playfair+Display Fonts In Use examples Playfair Display SC - 6 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playfair+Display+SC QT Bengal - 2 Fonts [Alternative To: ITC Benguiat] https://fontesk.com/bengal-typeface/ Fonts In Use examples (It's for ITC Benguiat, but since this is a carbon copy...) QT Peignoir - 2 Fonts [Alternative To: Peignot] https://fontesk.com/peignior-font/ Fonts In Use example (It's for Peignot, but since this is a carbon copy...) Quadrat Serial - 1 Font is free [Alternative To: Friz Quadrata] https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/softmaker/quadrat-serial Fonts In Use example (It's for Friz Quadrata, but since this is a carbon copy...) Redressed - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Redressed Rousseau Deco - 1 Font https://rostype.com/rousseau-deco/ Rozha One - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rozha+One Salomé - 1 Font free [Alternative to: ITC Tiffany] [You need to share in order to download it] http://atipofoundry.com/fonts/salome Fonts In Use example Sancreek - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sancreek Sansita - 12 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sansita SciFly - 1 Font https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/scifly Shrikhand - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Shrikhand Fonts In Use example Smokum - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Smokum Soria - 1 Font https://befonts.com/soria-font.html Special Elite - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Special+Elite Fonts In Use example Stardos Stencil - 2 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Stardos+Stencil Streetwear - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/streetwear-font.html Subway - 2 Fonts https://www.dafont.com/es/subway-ds.font Tangerine - 2 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tangerine Tintoretto - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/tintoretto-font.html Valentina - 1 Font https://befonts.com/valentina-typeface.html Fonts In Use example Voga - 1 Font is free https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/cdtype/voga/ WC ROUGHTRAD Bta - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/wc-roughtrad-bta-font.html Young Serif - 1 Font http://www.1001fonts.com/youngserif-font.html Fonts In Use example Handwritten Amatic SC - 2 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Amatic+SC Fonts In Use example Apalu - 1 Font https://gumroad.com/l/ClKUd Berrylicious - 4 Fonts https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/berrylicious Kalam - 3 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kalam Odachi - 1 Font https://www.behance.net/gallery/59783897/Odachi-Free-Brush-Font REIS - 1 Font https://sellfy.com/p/7I08/ Selima - 1 Font https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/selima Tragic Marker - 1 Font https://www.behance.net/gallery/36214355/Tragic-Marker-a-fat-marker-style-handwriting-font Wild Zova - 1 Font https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/wild-zova-free-brush-font Headlines Aganè & Aganè S - 4 Fonts & 3 Fonts [Alternative to: Frutiger] https://befonts.com/agane-font-family.html Akrobat - 8 Fonts https://befonts.com/akrobat-font-family.html Akshar - 5 Fonts [Alternative to: Bebas Neue Pro Expanded] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Akshar Anton - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Anton Fonts In Use examples Antonio - 7 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Antonio Fonts In Use examples Archivo Black - 1 Font [Alternative to: Akzidenz Grotesk] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Archivo+Black Bebas Neue - 5 Fonts http://www.fontfabric.com/bebas-neue/ Fonts In Use examples Breamcatcher - 1 Font is free https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/breamcatcher Built Titling - 10 Fonts https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/built-titling Bunken Tech Sans - 1 Font is free http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/buntype/bunken-tech-sans-pro/ Bunken Tech Sans Wide - 2 Fonts are free https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/buntype/bunken-tech-sans-wide/ Canter - 6 Fonts http://www.fontfabric.com/canter-free-font/ Cinzel - 6 Fonts [Alternative to: Trajan] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cinzel Fonts In Use examples Copperplate CC - 2 Fonts [Alternative to: Copperplate] [Just type a 0 in Amount (in USD) to download for free] https://cowboycollective.cc/2020/06/22/CopperplateCC.html Cormorant SC - 5 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant+SC Constantine - 1 Font [Alternative to: Trajan] https://www.dafont.com/es/constantine.font D-DIN-PRO - 6 Fonts [Alternative To: DIN] https://github.com/CyberFei/D-DIN-PRO Eau Douce - 6 Fonts [Alternative To: Frutiger] https://www.yoworks.com/eau_douce/index.html Fonts In Use example Engebrechtre - 8 Fonts https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/engebrechtre Fahkwang - 12 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fahkwang Frank Ruhl Libre - 7 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Frank+Ruhl+Libre Galderglynn Titling - 14 Fonts https://www.1001fonts.com/galderglynn-titling-font.html No longer available on Fontspring https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/galderglynn-titling Geologica - 9 Fonts [Alternative to: Avenir] [It includes a more traditional shapes Stylistic Set for the lower case 'a' and 'g'] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Geologica Gilroy - 2 Fonts are free [Alternative to: Futura, ITC Avant Garde gothic] https://www.tinkov.info/gilroy.html Fonts In Use examples Glacial Indifference - 2 Fonts [Alternative to: Futura] http://www.1001fonts.com/glacial-indifference-font.html Fonts In Use example Globe Grotesk Display - 2 Fonts are free https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/jan-charvat/globe-grotesk-display/ Gloock - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gloock Hansief - 2 Fonts https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/hansief-free-vintage-sans-serif Hind - 5 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Hind Fonts In Use examples Instrument Serif - 2 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Instrument+Serif Jenriv Titling - 6 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/jenriv Kumbh Sans - 9 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kumbh+Sans LC Sac - 1 Font https://fontesk.com/lc-sac-font/ League Gothic - 4 Fonts [Alternative to: Alternate Gothic No 1] https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/league-gothic - 1 Font from Google Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/League+Gothic Fonts In Use example League Spartan - 9 Fonts [Alternative to: Futura] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/League+Spartan Fonts In Use examples Lexend - 9 Fonts [Alternative to: Futura] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lexend Lovelo - 3 Fonts http://www.fontfabric.com/lovelo-font/ Fonts In Use example Manrope - 7 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Manrope Fonts In Use examples Margaret - 1 Font https://www.dropbox.com/s/8lve3nrd2nl76me/Margaret-Bold.otf?dl=0 [Visit the original Behance post if you will] https://www.behance.net/gallery/102858037/Margaret-Serif-(Free-Font) MD Tall - 1 Font https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/md-tall-free-condensed-font Mixolydian Titling - 12 Fonts https://www.dafont.com/mixolydian-titling.font No longer available on Fontspring https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/mixolydian-titling Montagu Slab - 35 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montagu+Slab Novecento Sans Wide - 6 Fonts are free https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/synthview/novecento-sans Fonts In Use examples NeverMind Contrast - 6 Fonts - Small - 6 Fonts - Medium - 6 Fonts - Title [When installed, you will see it named as NeverMind Serif Small/Medium/Title] [The whole package is in the GitHub repository. Which includes several Typefaces from different categories. I only point here to the ones I see as the best ones] https://github.com/xmindltd/nevermind/archive/refs/heads/master.zip Now - 6 Fonts https://befonts.com/now-typeface.html Fonts In Use example Oswald - 6 Fonts [Alternative to: Benton Sans, Alternate Gothic No 1] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oswald Fonts In Use examples Outfit - 9 Fonts [Alternative to: Gilroy, ITC Avant Garde Gothic] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Outfit Pretendard - 9 Fonts [Alternative to: SF Pro] [Based on Inter and Source Han Sans (a set of OpenType Pan-CJK fonts)] https://fontesk.com/pretendard-typeface/ Rakesly - 12 Fonts https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/rakesly Fonts In Use example Readex Pro - 6 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Readex+Pro Rondal - 3 Fonts (Beware that Normal and Bold weight have some kind of conflict, at least on my computer) https://pixelsurplus.com/products/rondal-free-font Russo One - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Russo+One Seshat - 1 Font https://www.dotcolon.net/font/seshat Spartan MB - 9 Fonts [Alternative to: Futura] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/spartan-mb Fonts In Use examples (it's for "Spartan" but still, it's the same basically) Tilda Sans - 7 Fonts [Alternative To: Futura] https://tilda.cc/lp/tildasans/#download Trochut - 3 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Trochut Vegur - 3 Fonts [Alternative to: Myriad Pro SemiCondensed, Frutiger] http://www.dotcolon.net/font/vegur Vela Sans - 7 Fonts [An improved version of Manrope] https://fontesk.com/vela-sans-typeface/ Manrope Fonts In Use examples Vollkorn SC - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Vollkorn+SC Wanted Sans - 7 Fonts [Alternative To: Futura, Visby CF, FF Infra] https://github.com/wanteddev/wanted-sans/releases Wix Madefor Display - 5 Fonts [Alternative To: Avenir, Product Sans] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Wix+Madefor+Display ZT Formon - 2 Fonts https://fontesk.com/zt-formom-font/ Monospaced Anonymous Pro - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Anonymous+Pro Fonts In Use examples Camingo Code - 4 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/camingocode Fonts In Use example Courier Prime - 4 Fonts [Alternative To: Courier] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Courier+Prime Fonts In Use examples (Courier New, but it's worth it) Hack - 4 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/hack IBM Plex Mono - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Mono Fonts In Use examples JetBrains Mono - 16 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/JetBrains+Mono Fonts In Use examples Source Code Pro - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Code+Pro Fonts In Use examples Rounded Comfortaa - 5 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Comfortaa Fifita - 1 Font [Special focus on ligatures] https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/fifita-ligatures-free-font Jelle - 1 Font https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/jellee Quicksand - 5 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Quicksand Fonts In Use examples Sans Serif Aileron - 16 Fonts [Alternative To: Helvetica] http://dotcolon.net/font/aileron Fonts In Use examples Albert Sans - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Albert+Sans Archivo - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Archivo Fonts In Use examples Archivo Narrow - 8 Fonts [Alternative To: News Gothic] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Archivo+Narrow Barlow - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Barlow Fonts In Use example Barlow Semi Condensed - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Barlow+Semi+Condensed Barlow Condensed - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Barlow+Condensed Be Vietnam Pro - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Be+Vietnam+Pro Caviar Dreams - 4 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Caviar-Dreams Chivo - 8 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Chivo Fonts In Use example Clear Sans - 8 Fonts [Alternative To: Alright Sans] https://github.com/intel/clear-sans Cooper Hewitt - 14 Fonts [If you find this Family on Font Squirrel or somewhere else, don't download it!. It has some errors that were corrected in the version I linked to] https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxkTOuLrHvhqUThCZXR0MU1wUUk D-DIN - 8 Fonts [Alternative To: DIN] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/d-din Decalotype - 14 Fonts https://www.1001fonts.com/decalotype-font.html DejaVu Sans - 9 Fonts [Alternative To: Verdana] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/dejavu-sans DM Sans - 6 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/DM+Sans Eau - 6 Fonts [Alternative To: Frutiger] [LNG fonts stand for Lining Numbers] https://www.yoworks.com/eau/index.html Evolventa - 4 Fonts [Alternative To: ITC Avant Garde Gothic] https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/evolventa Fonts In Use examples (it's for "ITC Avant Garde Gothic" but... you know...) Figtree - 14 Fonts [Alternative To: Circular] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Figtree Fonts In Use example Fira Sans - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: FF Meta] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fira+Sans Fonts In Use examples Fira Sans Condensed - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fira+Sans+Condensed Fira Sans Extra Condensed - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fira+Sans+Extra+Condensed FreeSans [Alternative To: Helvetica] - 4 Fonts http://www.fontspace.com/gnu-freefont/freesans Fonts In Use examples (it's for "Nimbus Sans", but since it has the same base...) HK Grotesk 2021 / Hanken Grotesk - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Apercu] [Registration on their site required] https://hanken.co/products/hk-grotesk [Google Fonts version as Hanken Grotesk] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Hanken+Grotesk Fonts In Use example (HK Grotesk) IBM Plex Sans - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans Fonts In Use example IBM Plex Sans Condensed - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans+Condensed Ilisarniq - 10 Fonts [Requires registration] https://coppersandbrasses.com/typefaces/ilisarniq/ Fonts In Use examples Instrument Sans - 8 Fonts Instrument Sans SemiCondensed - 8 Fonts Instrument Sans Condensed - 8 Fonts [All 24 in the Static section of the download] [Alternative To: Helvetica, Neue Haas Unica] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Instrument+Sans Inter (v4.0) - 18 Fonts - Normal Font - 18 Fonts - Display Font [Alternative To: SF Pro Text] [Next Release after "Inter UI", and renamed to "Inter". Adds Thin, Extra Light and Light weights] https://github.com/rsms/inter/releases/tag/v4.0 Fonts In Use examples Inter UI - 12 Fonts [Alternative To: SF Pro Text] https://github.com/rsms/inter/releases/download/v3.1/Inter-UI-3.1.zip Liberation Sans - 4 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/liberation-sans Lato - 18 Fonts https://www.latofonts.com/download/lato2ofl-zip/ Fonts In Use examples Libre Franklin - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Trade Gothic, Franklin Gothic] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libre+Franklin Fonts In Use examples Metropolis - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Gotham, Proxima Nova] [Changed the source link] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/metropolis https://fontsarena.com/metropolis-by-chris-simpson/ VMWare made their own version, which as far as I can tell is a clon with no new features, named Clarity City, available here: https://github.com/vmware/clarity-city Fonts In Use examples Montserrat - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Gotham, Proxima Nova, Pluto Sans] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat [They made major changes to the previous version and some Websites suffered because of that. For the prior version, go to:] https://github.com/JulietaUla/Montserrat/archive/v6.002.zip Fonts In Use examples Muli Mulish - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Century Gothic, Futura, Sofia Pro] [Muli is no longer available, but this is its evolution] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mulish Fonts In Use examples NeverMind - 20 Fonts - Regular - 20 Fonts - Condensed - 20 Fonts - Extended - 20 Fonts - Extra Condensed - 20 Fonts - Extra Extended - 10 Fonts - Headline - 20 Fonts - Semi Condensed - 20 Fonts - Semi Extended - 20 Fonts - Ultra Condensed - 20 Fonts - Ultra Extended [Alternative To: Avenir] [The whole package is in the GitHub repository. Which includes several Typefaces from different categories. I only point here to the ones I see as the best ones] https://github.com/xmindltd/nevermind/archive/refs/heads/master.zip NeverMind Compact - 20 Fonts [The whole package is in the GitHub repository. Which includes several Typefaces from different categories. I only point here to the ones I see as the best ones] https://github.com/xmindltd/nevermind/archive/refs/heads/master.zip Nimbus Sans L - 4 Fonts [Alternative To: Helvetica, Activ Grotesk] [This one is almost identical to FreeSans, base on Nimbus by URW++] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/nimbus-sans-l Fonts In Use examples Noto Sans - 72 Fonts [It's basically Open Sans with some differences, the most noticeable is the large number of styles] https://github.com/notofonts/notofonts.github.io/tree/main/fonts/NotoSans/full/otf [If you prefer it from Google Fonts, it's available in 18 styles] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Sans Fonts In Use examples Nunito - 14 Fonts [Alternative To: Avenir Next Rounded, Museo Sans Rounded] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito Fonts In Use examples Nunito Sans - 14 Fonts [Alternative To: Avenir, Univers, Corbel] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito+Sans Fonts In Use examples Plus Jakarta Sans - 14 Fonts [Alternative To: TT Norms Pro] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Plus+Jakarta+Sans Objectivity - 16 Fonts [Alternative To: Futura, Gilroy] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r_EIfNBZWCNewrzLkYWRlso9xCyTCKAP/view Open Sans - 12 Fonts [Alternative To: Myriad Pro, Segoe UI] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans Fonts In Use examples Overpass - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Overpass Fonts In Use examples Poppins - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Nexa, Averta] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poppins [Personally, I prefer the rendering on this version] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/poppins Fonts In Use example Prompt - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Prompt Fonts In Use example Public Sans - 18 Fonts [Based on Libre Franklin] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Public+Sans Fonts In Use examples Radio Canada - 10 Fonts Radio Canada SemiCondensed - 10 Fonts Radio Canada Condensed - 10 Fonts [All 30 in the Static section of the download] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Radio+Canada Raleway - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Museo Sans] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Raleway Fonts In Use examples Reddit Sans - 12 Fonts [Download one by one] https://github.com/reddit/redditsans/tree/main/fonts/sans/otf Jones* - 10 Fonts [Alternative To: Avenir] [The ï and í characters on the Light weight are wrong so I don't use it] https://github.com/indestructible-type/Jones/tree/master/Finished Renner* Jost* - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Futura] [Just type a 0 in Amount (in USD) to download for free] https://indestructibletype.com/BuyJost.html [If you prefer, it's now available on Google Fonts] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Jost Roboto - 12 Fonts [Alternative To: FF DIN] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto Fonts In Use examples Roboto Condensed - 6 Fonts [Alternative To: FF DIN] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Condensed Fonts In Use examples Rosario - 10 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rosario Route 159 - 12 Fonts http://dotcolon.net/font/route159/ Rubik - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rubik Fonts In Use examples Sarabun - 16 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sarabun Satoshi - 10 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sarabun Source Sans Pro - 12 Fonts [Alternative To: Adelle Sans, Alright Sans] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/source-sans-pro Fonts In Use examples Source Sans 3 - 16 Fonts [Alternative To: Adelle Sans, Alright Sans] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Sans+3 Supreme - 14 Fonts https://www.fontshare.com/fonts/supreme Switzer - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Neue Haas Grotesk, Neue Haas Unica] https://www.fontshare.com/fonts/switzer Stilu - 10 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/stilu Tanohe Sans - 14 Fonts [Derived from Cooper Hewitt] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/tanohe-sans TeX Gyre Adventor - 4 Fonts [Alternative To: ITC Avant Garde Gothic, Century Gothic] [It's indeed ITC Avant Garde Gothic, some history on the link] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Adventor Fonts In Use examples (it's for "ITC Avant Garde Gothic" but... yeah, you know...) TeX Gyre Heros - 8 Fonts [Alternative To: Helvetica] [Based on Nimbus Sans L, some history on the link] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Heros Ubuntu - 8 Fonts [Alternative To: Uni Sans] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu Fonts In Use examples Ubuntu Sans - 16 Fonts [Same as Ubuntu but with more Styles] https://github.com/canonical/Ubuntu-Sans-fonts/releases/tag/v1.004 Ubuntu Sans Condensed - 16 Fonts [It's in the same path as the normal version] https://github.com/canonical/Ubuntu-Sans-fonts/releases/tag/v1.004 Urbanist - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Futura, Gilroy, CF Visby] https://github.com/coreyhu/Urbanist/releases/tag/v1.321 Wix Madefor Text - 10 Fonts (Consider that they appear as separated Fonts on Affinity's Font Menu) [Alternative To: Avenir, Product Sans] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Wix+Madefor+Text Woodford Bourne - 6 Fonts are free https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/paulogoode/woodford-bourne No longer available on Fontspring Work Sans - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: Akkurat] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Work+Sans Fonts In Use examples Script Alex Brush - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alex+Brush Allura - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Allura Arizonia - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Arizonia Cookie - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cookie Conditional Script - 1 Font https://gumroad.com/l/BMxPG Dancing Script - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Dancing+Script Fonts In Use examples Euphoria Script - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Euphoria+Script Great Vibes - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Great+Vibes Nickainley - 1 Font http://www.fontfabric.com/nickainley-free-font/ Pinyon Script - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Pinyon+Script Fonts In Use examples Quentin - 1 Font https://www.dropbox.com/s/5rtrq9mfbjk38kk/Quentin.otf.zip?dl=0 Fonts In Use examples Red Mist - 1 Font https://www.1001fonts.com/red-mist-font.html Salmela Script - 1 Font https://www.pixelsurplus.com/freebies/salmela Scriptina Pro - 1 Font https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/cheapprofonts/scriptina-pro/ Sofia - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sofia Serif Alegreya - 12 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alegreya Fonts In Use examples Amiri - 4 Fonts [Alternative to: Minion Pro] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Amiri Bodoni* - 64 Fonts [Just type a 0 in Amount (in USD) to download for free] https://indestructibletype.com/BuyBodoni.html Bodoni Moda - 228 Fonts (yes, that many) https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bodoni+Moda Caladea - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Caladea Cardo - 3 Fonts [Alternative To: Bembo] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cardo Bembo Fonts In Use examples Caslon Antique - 4 Fonts [Good for old looking styles] http://www.1001fonts.com/caslon-antique-font.html Fonts In Use examples Cormorant - 10 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant Fonts In Use examples Cormorant Garamond - 10 Fonts [Alternative To: Garamond] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant+Garamond Cormorant Infant - 10 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant+Infant Crimson Pro - 16 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Crimson+Pro Fonts In Use example Crimson Text - 6 Fonts [Alternative To: Minion] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Crimson+Text Fonts In Use examples DejaVu Serif - 8 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/dejavu-serif Droid Serif - 4 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/droid-serif Fonts In Use examples EB Garamond - 10 Fonts [Alternative To: Academica] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/EB+Garamond Fonts In Use examples FreeSerif - 4 Fonts [Alternative To: Times New Roman] http://www.fontspace.com/gnu-freefont/freeserif Gambetta - 10 Fonts [Alternative To: Meridien] https://www.fontshare.com/fonts/gambetta Gelasio - 8 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gelasio Fonts In Use example Gentium Book Plus - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gentium+Book+Plus Gentium Plus - 4 Fonts [Covers more languages than its Basic counterpart] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gentium+Plus Fonts In Use examples Ibarra Real Nova - 8 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ibarra+Real+Nova IBM Plex Serif - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Serif Fonts In Use examples Latin Modern Roman Demi & Latin Modern Roman Slanted & Latin Modern Roman & Latin Modern Roman SC & Latin Modern Roman Dunhill - 2 Fonts - 2 Fonts - 4 Fonts - 2 Fonts - 2 Fonts [Alternative to: Abril] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/latin-modern-roman Libertinus Serif - 9 Fonts https://fontsarena.com/libertinus-serif-by-libertinus-fonts/ Fonts In Use examples (Using Linux Libertine, the base for Libertinus) Libre Baskerville - 3 Fonts [Alternative To: Baskerville, Adobe Text] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libre+Baskerville Fonts In Use examples Libre Bodoni - 4 Fonts [Alternative To: Bodoni] https://fontlibrary.org/es/font/libre-bodoni Libre Caslon Text - 3 Fonts [Alternative To: Adobe Caslon Pro] https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/libre-caslon-text Linguistics Pro - 4 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/linguistics-pro Lora - 8 Fonts [Alternative To: Abril] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lora Fonts In Use examples Noto Serif - 72 Fonts [Just as its brother, Noto Sans, this Typeface has a huge number of fonts on this link] https://www.google.com/get/noto/#serif-lgc [If you prefer it from Google Fonts, it's available in 4 styles] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Serif Fonts In Use examples Noto Serif Display - 72 Fonts [Just as its brother, Noto Serif, this Typeface has a huge number of fonts on this link] https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Display [If you prefer it from Google Fonts, it's available in 18 styles] Noto Serif Display - Google Fonts PT Serif - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/PT+Serif Fonts In Use examples Robot Serif - 720 Fonts (a crazy number, I know) https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Serif Sentient - 10 Fonts https://www.fontshare.com/fonts/sentient Source Serif 4 - 16 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Serif+4 Source Serif Pro - 12 Fonts https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/source-serif-pro Fonts In Use examples TeX Gyre Bonum - 4 Fonts [Based on URW Bookman L] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Bonum TeX Gyre Schola - 4 Fonts [Based on URW Century Schoolbook L] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Schola Fonts In Use example TeX Gyre Termes - 4 Fonts [Based on Nimbus Roman No9 L] https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Termes Taviraj - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Taviraj Trirong - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Trirong Fonts In Use example Unna - 8 Fonts https://www.omnibus-type.com/fonts/unna/ Fonts In Use example Vollkorn - 12 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Vollkorn Fonts In Use examples Zodiak - 12 Fonts [Alternative To: Hercules] https://www.fontshare.com/fonts/zodiak Slab Serif Aleo - 18 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Aleo Fonts In Use examples Alfa Slab One - 1 Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alfa+Slab+One Fonts In Use example Arvo - 4 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Arvo Fonts In Use examples Besley* - 12 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Besley Bitter - 18 Fonts [Alternative To: FF Tisa] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bitter Fonts In Use examples ChunkFive Ex - 1 Font [Based on ChuckFive, which is an Open Source Font. Adds more glyphs] https://www.dafont.com/es/chunkfive-ex.font Fonts In Use example (Chunk is the example, but still, it's basically the same) Josefin Slab - 14 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Josefin+Slab Fonts In Use example Roboto Slab - 9 Fonts [Alternative To: Museo Slab] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Slab Fonts In Use examples Zilla Slab - 10 Fonts https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Zilla+Slab Fonts In Use example Hope this is of use for you. Best regards!
  18. This is probably because linux users actually want to use linux, while most windows users are stuck with what they got from the store. I've noticed the loudest anti-cross platform people in this forum often say they totally daily drive Linux, but if that were true they wouldn't be so against their favourite softwares coming to Linux. Best guess is they just use windows and want to get a leg up in the debate like "guys come on I totally use Linux daily and it's awful no one should use it, I should know because I totally use it myself, please don't make software for me or Linux even though i totally use it." - Seems sus. Cross platform software should be encouraged and celebrated.
  19. Aye I agree the linux market share is tiny and possibly not many people on linux will buy serifs products yet, but I think there's two thoughts from me here; First, the investment into a very rapidly growing platform. Say what you will about 1% rise in a year it's still a lot of people (1% is ~80,000,000 of the world!) and it's fast growth for a platform that does no marketing. Getting into this now will ensure dominance on a potentially large userbase in the future. Second, I think it's just good practice to develop cross platform earlier rather than later. It'll only get harder to port to linux and android further down the line. Other companies have not had much of an issue supporting multiple platforms, and some extremely corperate companies have linux versions of their software so it can't be that financially stupid (look at Autodesk and SideFX for example).
  20. In our experience (before I retired) with ~300-odd Windows servers and about 100+ Linux (mostly RHEL), the Linux servers were more stable, easier to manage remotely, easier to patch (with more reliable patches and less downtime) and less subject to continual upgrade requirements. Plus consolidation generally worked better on Linux, and Solaris for that matter. There were very few "one app, one server, one database" bundles like we had all over the place with Windows and SQL Server. In the rare instances the databases (Oracle and MySQL mostly) were dedicated to an environment it was due to usage requirements and scale, not OS. We could spin up on Linux VM and use if for multiple purposes, but Windows VMs spread like rabbits.
  21. Well, maybe... if taken as a percentage of the user base but that's only a reflection of the Mac's inherent concentration in creative areas -- and relative absence elsewhere. After 2+ decades in corporate IT I can tell you that Macs (note, not iPhones, but Macs) were rare and only when individuals just had to have them, usually for nothing more than personal preference. In a corporate (i.e., AD) context they were a pain to integrate, maintain and support. The absolute size of a market is what's important to a vendor, since no one survives nor thrives on a large percentage but low absolute customer count. In absolute terms the overwhelming number of Windows users may still provide an equal, if not larger, user population regardless of percentage. That's also a big reason why (among others, like the lack of single de facto standards in many areas) Linux isn't attractive enough to Serif and other desktop vendors. Although the overall number of Linux users -- in one form or another -- is large, it's still small in absolute terms within the creative segment. And I say all that not as a Windows / MS fan (by any stretch of the imagination). In fact, all things being equal I'd run Linux in a heartbeat -- I did for years. But in the scales of market realities, Linux is currently worth commercially supporting only in the server space, not desktop, regardless of what I and others might wish.
  22. Windows had a POSIX environment at one time but that is long gone. I would agree that Linux is generally inferior to many true UNIX platforms in some ways (superior in others depending on the specific UNIIX platform being compared to), but I strongly disagree with your assessment that it is not superior to Windows. A few examples for just about any use case: Windows is a Microsoft product. That alone is enough to make it inferior in my book. Current versions of Windows 11 make it nearly impossible to set up a new personal computer without associating the computer with a Microsoft account, tying you to their cloud services, even if you have no intention of ever using them. About the only way to get around it is to use various tricks to make sure the computer never sees the internet until after you are able to set up a local account - and even then you may need the "magic words" to include during installation... This is a serious problem and they seem to be doubling down on it, making it harder and harder to set up a standalone environment which is not connected to their cloud services. System requirements for new Windows versions tend to rise faster than system requirements for new Linux versions, requiring hardware to be replaced more often than might otherwise be necessary in order to remain current. For desktop use: The lower desktop market percentage of Linux means that it is less heavily targeted by the authors of malware, reducing the chance of being directly impacted by bad actors who are operating at scale. Windows includes an "AI assistant" named after a game character who went insane and wiped out the populations of entire planets. The security of current implementations of such "AI assistants" is highly questionable in general, regardless of the naming connotations. This "assistant" is enabled by default, along with other highly questionable features which probably shouldn't be provided at all, much less be turned on by default. For server or embedded use (not all of which is in life-sustaining or life-threatening equipment): Linux can run quite reasonably on a server without wasting the resources needed to maintain a graphical interface. For server use (and for basic embedded use, not all cases of which are in life-sustaining or life-threatening equipment) this allows it to make more efficient use of available resources. The free nature of Linux makes it more practical to use it in virtualized and clustered environments where many licenses are needed and cost is a factor as if service agreements/contracts are not required it is not necessary to track or pay for licensing; a Linux setup can simply be duplicated and used at scale. This is also important for embedded use cases as the licensing costs of commercial products may otherwise factor into the eventual price of the product.
  23. As a matter of disclaimer, I am primarily a Mac user. I also use Windows (ugh) and Linux. I keep an eye on Linux for a possible future switch to making it my primary system because I don't like the way Apple and Microsoft have been trending with taking away more and more control of your own computer and requiring accounts, or at least making it difficult to install an operating system without having an account on their system and whatnot. Plus, as a Mac user since System 7, I have seen the Mac user experience decline over the years. It is no longer the intuitive and easy to use operating system it used to be. And Windows still stinks. So, despite whatever shortcomings it may have, at the moment, Linux appears to be the only viable alternative to the Mac OS and Windows. I think the key is control, not necessarily ownership. If I have a license to use a particular application, I should be able to use it for as long as I have a compatible system that can run that software. I used to not like open source software and actively avoided it. Now, I lean towards it, not because it is typically free but because I know that, if I can install it on my system today, I will be able to install it on a similar system five, ten or even twenty years from now. Will I need it twenty years from now? Who knows? I might, especially if there are no other applications available in twenty years that can open its files. I have both the Affinity version 1 and version 2 application suites. I only use version 1. Why? Because of version 1's licensing process, no Internet activation is required to install and use the software. With version 2, there's an Internet activation scheme because they apparently need it for the iOS versions I don't have, use or care about. So, while I will be able to install version 1 on a compatible system in five, ten or twenty years, there is no guarantee I will be able to do the same with version 2 because who knows if Serif will still be around or their servers active or whatever. Bottom line is that I have a paid license with no guarantee I'll be able to activate it in the future. Just like Adobe, which I switched from because of their subscriptions and Internet activation nonsense. Given that, were Serif to release a Linux version of the application suite, I would not buy it if they required Internet activation. What percentage of Linux users would feel the same, I don't know. I don't mind paying for software and most of the software I use is commercial software, but I am opposed to paying for software that then limits whether or not I will actually be able to install and use the software based on whether or not the company keeps their servers active.
  24. To a point perhaps - but there are problems with pursuing that as an end to itself. There are inherent differences between platforms which need to be catered to in order for an application to work well on that platform. Doing the minimal work to get something "working" on multiple platforms often means using toolkits that aim to abstract away the differences between the platforms so that an application can "just work" with minimal effort. This is a problem because they tend to aim for a least common denominator and often fail to leverage the benefits of using the different platforms, plus the user interface is never correct for all of them - just look at apps like Blender (which is the same on every platform because it essentially invents its own platform and runs it on top of the others, making it effectively wrong on every platform), FL Studio (which looks and acts like a Windoze app when running under macOS, even going so far as to implement something like an MDI-style interface - ick - which even most native Windoze apps have long since discontinued the use of), etc... In other words, using cross-platform development toolkits which make it feasible to maintain the application as working across a diverse range of platforms usually degrades the quality of the application on most if not all of the platforms in question. Even when using custom cross-platform frameworks created for a specific application, it is common to either aim for a least common denominator, or to make some additional platform "look like" the first one that the program was developed for - this is almost never a good plan. Consider how often it is pointed out that a desperately requested feature which the Affinity suite does NOT have already exists in GIMP, Inkscape, etc., but users steer away from using those apps because the overall quality of the interface seems better to them when they are using the Affinity apps. With the Affinity suite, Serif has built the UI separately using native toolkits on each platform, which gets much closer to being correct on each platform, and they still managed to mess some stuff up (like the missing proxy icons in the title bar that could be used to move the document from its window under macOS). Adding another platform and doing it well, even as well as the Affinity suite does, would mean adding yet another toolkit to the mix - a meaningful portion of the application would need to be rewritten yet again. This would either mean hiring more developers to handle the native port under Linux, or taking up time that could otherwise be invested in feature improvements. After such a port was done, there would be an ongoing need to maintain the software on an additional platform for every new feature they introduce. They would also need to train their support team to handle the added platform, and possibly hire additional support agents. The ongoing cost to them to do this well is higher than I think most people here are prepared to acknowledge. I for one would much rather use an application which is native to the platform I am using and follows its conventions correctly while providing the features that I want, than a more feature-heavy application which uses a cross-platform toolkit and sticks out like a sore thumb, failing to integrate well with and conform to the look and feel of the rest of the environment. I would also prefer that development time be invested in improving the functionality and stability of said application, than in maintaining it across platforms I don't use or particularly care about. If Serif has the resources to hire new developers to maintain a separate Linux version of the apps without impacting development on the existing platforms, great - more power to them. I wouldn't care as much either if they replaced the Windows version with a Linux version, so that they are still maintaining the same number of platforms, and choosing the better platforms to continue supporting. Otherwise a more practical approach would be to make what changes are needed to the Windows version so that it at least functions under Wine. Even if Serif does not want to support it under Linux, getting it to work in Wine would probably be a smaller effort that would enable Linux users to work with it on an "at your own risk - fix your own problems" basis. I don't see that happening - at least not intentionally - in the near future, but it is probably the one approach they could take without substantially increasing their costs.
  25. This isn't really a concern. Sure the cost to port it initially will be high, but to maintain it alongside mac, windows and ipadOS afterwards will even out over time and they will get customers from linux coming in, which may be small to begin with but a fine investment. Also as I mentioned in my initial post, the distribution of cost didn't seem to affect other companies making software cross platform. Look at Unreal, Houdini, Unity, Blender, Maya. Completely free software like Godot and Gimp as well, why aren't they worried about "funds"? It's a poor excuse and a non issue when other companies seem to have no problem doing it IMO. If it makes you feel any better though I'd gladly pay 4-5x more for a linux version of the affinity suite, as others probably would. Because there is no competition, it would be amazing to have and well worth the money. I dunno where people get this idea that the tens of millions of people that daily drive linux wouldn't pay for software... The gaming market has already shown otherwise, Linux is now more profitable than Mac is for games, this alone would suggest linux users pay for stuff just fine.
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