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Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Text Styles & Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Text Styles New! Text Styles should now be in feature parity with the macOS versionFixes Fixed Colour Wheel behaviour to match macOS version (selecting a colour via the outer wheel now applies full saturation) Fixed fill colour dropdown strings to match the macOS version Fixed hit testing of text nodes (clicking inbetween characters will select the whole object) Fixed creating or opening multiple documents causing the first object to draw slowly Fixed slow rendering performance on some hardware and driver combinations Changed clicking with Text tools to prefer selecting existing text nodes Fixed Text wrap shapes to behave as if they are closed, even if their source curve isn't Added Shift modifier to constrain RGB values on sliders (to match macOS version) Fixed pressing Enter while editing a colour in the Colour Chooser closing the dialog Fixed being unable to scroll over Y label in the Transform panel Fixed colour not updating for transparent gradient fills after changing opacity to 100% Fixed switching font families not preserving the font style Fixed negative font sizes flipping the font Fixed being unable to change certain tab stops when multiple are present Fixed fill colour not correctly updating when stroke swatch is in front Removed Comic Sans MS from list of websafe fonts as it was removed from iOS in version 4 Fixed missing printers marks for long text Fixed being unable to drag child layer over trash bin to delete it Improved performance of choosing colours via the Colour Chooser dialog Fixed ICC Profile list in export dialog not updating Added handling for Windows font collection changes (no need to reset fonts via Preferences now) Fixed font preview not working correctly Fixed deleting all asset categories not disabling the Delete and Rename options Fixed crash after altering printer properties with Canon Printer Pixma MG5750 Fixed Musical TTF font not getting a font style applied on import Fixed Space Horizontal/Vertical using the wrong icons Fixed CTRL+Z to do multiple undos when held Added toast notification when adding assets with unavailable fonts Fixed Assets panel 'Embed' menu item not working Fixed Colour Chooser dialog to offer the same options as the macOS version Fixed Swatches panel failing to remember what palette was last used between run ups Fixed incorrect toolbar tooltips Fixed crash when opening the Document Setup dialog with a 32bit aphoto file Fixed lines with Square caps not invalidating the right area Added ALT modifier to change between the Node Tool’s old and new style deletes (whether it tries to preserve the curve's appearance) Fixed snapping of slices to allow spanning at the edge of the document Fixed being unable to drag a shapes node handle with the ALT modifier pressed Fixed Snap to pixel + Move by whole pixels to work for edge handles Fixed Colour picker tool missing keyboard shortcut Fixed Fill tool not applying the fill stroke correctly Fixed Move to Next/Previous View Point failing when only 1 View Point exists Fixed help search results appearing in the wrong order (least relevant at the top) Fixed being unable to enter the Node Tool after doing Convert to Curves Fixed Pencil Tool leaving artefacts if ‘Use Fill’ is checked Fixed crash if you force attempt to open a macOS shortcut file Fixed Align Centre shortcut not matching macOS version Fixed Blend Options Reset only resets Master Channel Fixed Scale with object in layer effects dialog not sticking Opening Help now places the caret in the search box automatically Fixed manually entering values in the colour chooser not updating the selected object Fixed sliders when clicking on the track without moving the mouse Added snapping when dragging assets from the Assets panel Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout removes the object Fixed pressing Escape not closing popups Fixed fx button on Layers panel Fixed slider clicking and dragging Fixes (clicking quickly on the track part of the slider sometimes didn't apply the operation) Fixed new symbols not being in the snapping candidates list Fixed Control+Tab and Control+Shift+Tab takes precedence over tool keys so we can always switch between documents Fixed AltGr + Drag breaking other shortcuts Fixed align text left/right shortcut not functioning Fixed pressing Enter after writing the name of the font in the font dropdown not changing to the selected font immediately Fixed Help window so that it closes when the app closes Fixed colour profiles not being remembered on next runup Fixed Pencil Tool so that it now works correctly in symbols Fixed solo view not working with ALT modifier Fixed space horizontally/vertically options missing from alignment menu Fixed editing a global colour from swatch double-click using the pipette loses it's globalness Fixed New from clipboard so that it marks the document as dirty after creation Fixed measuring so that if you’re over one of the tool handles it doesn't stop you interacting Installer Fixed empty requirements dialog on Windows 7

I know it is THE new feature, but I think it is not meant to be spawned when you do: Create new empty document Add some text move mouse to top menu and select: View --> Studio While it selects Studio it closes the menu and spwans "Text Styles" here:

As seen here, there exists a dialog that "asks" for "yes" or "no" but it's not clear what it wants.

Double Clicking "No Style" in the "Text Styles" is always causing a crash. Oh I saw it is already reported here