SKT7 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi, I just wanted to check if there a way to see the list of fonts used in a Affinity Designer document? I generally convert all the fonts to curve before sending the file (PDF) to printer to avoid missing fonts issue. But some font's don't get converted with ctrl+select (eg. fonts used in symbols). Finding the list of fonts in the document would help to identify if there's still some fonts that are not converted. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfriedberg Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 If you also have Publisher installed, you can find that via Document > Font Manager (toward the bottom of the Document menu). I don't find anything analogous in pure Designer. The Export persona might be a good place for it. HeiligerBimBam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 4 hours ago, saikat said: Hi, I just wanted to check if there a way to see the list of fonts used in a Affinity Designer document? ...... (eg. fonts used in symbols) In Designer, at the top of the font dropdown there are the following listing options: All, Recent, Used, Favorites. (Used does include fonts within symbols 🙃) synaptic and jmwellborn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKT7 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 3:03 AM, JimmyJack said: In Designer, at the top of the font dropdown there are the following listing options: All, Recent, Used, Favorites. (Used does include fonts within symbols 🙃) Thank you, JimmiJack. Are you talking about the character panel? I don't have the 'Used' in that drop down list (attached screenshot) On 8/4/2020 at 2:45 AM, sfriedberg said: If you also have Publisher installed, you can find that via Document > Font Manager (toward the bottom of the Document menu). I don't find anything analogous in pure Designer. The Export persona might be a good place for it. Thanks you. Yes I noticed it in Publisher was looking for something similar in Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 5, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 5, 2020 Hi saikat, For the fonts used, select the artistic or frame text tools, go to the font dropdown in the context toolbar (on the top left) and check the tabs on top of the list - one of them is Used. For the missing fonts go to the Character panel, click the first dropdown on the top left and switch it from All Fonts to Missing Fonts (it's visible in the screenshot posted above this reply). SKT7 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SKT7 Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Thank you, MEB and Lagarto. That's exactly what I was looking for. Really appreciate it. @Lagarto: Thanks for your other method. I used to do that when I used Acrobat earlier. But due to their subscription based licencing policy I had to stop using any product from that company. It was very difficult as I used them for almost 2 decades... but now that I've managed to do it (thanks to the Affinity and BlackMagicDesign teams), I don't install anything from that company including their bloated free readers. That's one of the reason I was looking for alternative ways to find what are the fonts used in a PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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walt.farrell Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Lagarto said: If you're on WIndows, you can use Foxit Reader or PDF-XChange Light, which both list the fonts used in a PDF document in free versions of these apps. There is also a command line utility PDFfonts - https://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/2315/Xpdf-PDFfonts-Command-Line-Utility-to-List-Fonts-Used-in-a-PDF-File.html - for Windows, Linux and macOS that you can use to list fonts within a PDF (have not tested it, though). Thanks for those references. Adobe's free Acrobat Reader will also show the fonts in a PDF file via the File > Properties menu. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKT7 Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Thanks again Lagarto. Checked those. Foxit lists the font list along with names. XChange Lite lists the fonts but but doesn't tell the names! https://imgur.com/wUdaN4K These would be useful in the future. Thanks Walt. He listed those as I didn't want use any app from the mud house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SKT7 Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 @Lagarto Yes, it's a strange problem with XChange but it works fine with Foxit Reader with the same file. Not sure what could be the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dali_ Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Hi. I cannot get my version of Publisher (1.8.4) to display the Font Panel showing "All, Recent, Used, Favourites' – as indicated by MEB and Lagarto. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Dali_ said: Hi. I cannot get my version of Publisher (1.8.4) to display the Font Panel showing "All, Recent, Used, Favourites' – as indicated by MEB and Lagarto. What am I doing wrong? What @MEB described was the Font pulldown in the Context Toolbar, which should work when you have the Frame Text Tool or the Artistic Text Tool selected: Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dali_ Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Hi Wait.Farrell. Thanks for the reply. I am doing as you say, but I cannot see the 'pull-down' as you show, no matter what I click on. See attached screedshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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walt.farrell Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Lagarto said: They are also available in the Character Panel Except for Used, which is in the Context Toolbar pulldown but not in the Character panel. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dali_ said: I am doing as you say, but I cannot see the 'pull-down' as you show, no matter what I click on. So, if you click the pulldown arrow to the right of the font name, nothing happens? If so, that's weird. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dali_ Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Hi Lagarto. Yes, I can obtain the 'Character' panel, that is OK. But the top left context dropdown is nowhere to be seen… is it hidden somewhere? Do you need to access it via the View > Studio > menu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dali_ Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 What I see is just the complete list of all the fonts available, but, no mention of 'Recent, Used," etc. It does seem weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Click on the Used Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dali_ Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 It is now appearing!. Don't know what I just did... I seem to be lying... It is there now. Thanks everyone for the replies. I appear to be an idiot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dali_ Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Swear ti wasn't there before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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