sportyguy209 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Hello All: Doesn't anyone know why subtract doesn't work in Affinity Designer for the Apple font Chalkduster? And, how I can get it to work? I've tried converting the layer to outlines and that doesn't work any better than not. Looks exactly the same. For some letters in the font, extract works fine, but others not at all. I have tried several other fonts and they all work fine. I have attached a screenshot for you to see. Thanks, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 4 hours ago, sportyguy209 said: subtract doesn't work "Subtract" you mean Erase blend mode? It works well for me. sportyguy209 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 It also seems to swallow parts with Add ... geometry curved chalkdust.m4v Possibly it is related to these subtract issues ... The trick with Alt + Subtract mentioned here at the end seems not to work for the 'Kidzee' sample above. sportyguy209 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 If rolling back to 1.7.3 is an option for you, the Boolean subtract there works for your example with Chalkduster font. sportyguy209 and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sportyguy209 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 11 hours ago, anon2 said: If rolling back to 1.7.3 is an option for you, the Boolean subtract there works for your example with Chalkduster font. I can roll back to do the subtract if it will work, and then "roll back" to the current version. How do I do this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportyguy209 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 18 hours ago, Pšenda said: "Subtract" you mean Erase blend mode? It works well for me. No, sorry, I meant as in the Subtract, Add, Intersect, Xor, and Divide options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 52 minutes ago, sportyguy209 said: roll back to do the subtract if it will work, and then "roll back" to the current version. How do I do this? You can download a previous installer https://store.serif.com/de/update/macos/designer/1/ (sorry, I know this German URL only, you might test the localisation abbreviation for the Affinity store in your country + replace "/de/" in my URL) Possibly you want to save (or temporarily rename) your custom prefs first the other app version would overwrite any file in the folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Designer ~/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner.plist Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, thomaso said: You can download a previous installer https://store.serif.com/de/update/macos/designer/1/ (sorry, I know this German URL only, you might test the localisation abbreviation for the Affinity store in your country + replace "/de/" in my URL) You can omit the locale altogether (leaving the server to work it out for itself) as in the links I provided in this recent post: thomaso 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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