MarkG Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 All of my Affinity apps have begun giving this message at launch: "Affinity [program name] needs the font named Cold Blood." Problem is, I've never heard of the font. Is this some kind of interface font that should have been installed on my system? I tell it to ignore the message and the program works normally, as far as I can tell. I can't turn anything up about this in a forum search or a general web search. What's going on here? Using fresh installs of 1.9 on a Mac with with OS 10.14.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 11 hours ago, MarkG said: All of my Affinity apps have begun giving this message at launch: "Affinity [program name] needs the font named Cold Blood." Never heard of that before Can you upload a screenshot showing that message? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 That font is probably named after a used poster of "In Cold Blood", which is a 1967 movie based on the book of the same name by Truman Capote. The font used for that is "Didoni" a commercial one. jmwellborn 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Here you go. I think this is a message from my font manager, FontExplorer X Pro, but I can't figure out why all my Affinity products request it on launch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 26 minutes ago, MarkG said: but I can't figure out why all my Affinity products request it on launch... Do you have them configured to re-Open files that were open when you closed the application? 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...
Alfred Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 7 hours ago, v_kyr said: That font is probably named after a used poster of "In Cold Blood", which is a 1967 movie based on the book of the same name by Truman Capote. The font used for that is "Didoni" a commercial one. According to ‘Fonts In Use’ the first edition of the book used Pistilli Roman in the jacket design. 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...
v_kyr Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, Alfred said: According to ‘Fonts In Use’ the first edition of the book used Pistilli Roman in the jacket design. Read again ("...named after a used poster of "In Cold Blood", which is a 1967 movie based on the book...") and see the above link. I referenced the movie poster and not the initial older book. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Read again ("...named after a used poster of "In Cold Blood", which is a 1967 movie based on the book...") and see the above link. I referenced the movie poster and not the initial older book. Noted! Didoni is also used for a later edition of the book. 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...
MarkG Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 45 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Do you have them configured to re-Open files that were open when you closed the application? No. What's more, I've never owned or used a font of this name. I wondered if it was used in one of the samples or tutorials offered in the start up panel. The current copies of the Affinity suite are fresh copies I downloaded the other day when I was having that "App Store won't update" problem. I deleted my copies in an attempt to get App Store to reinstall them. The same messages pop up with the fresh copies, too. Oddly, when I ignore the missing font warning, the program opens without complaint. There are no open documents when it does. Also, oddly, the same message appears for all three Affinity programs. I can certainly live with it; it was just wondering if anyone else has experience this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Very strange! - However I doubt it's possibly due to this here ... 😄 Affinity just murdered Photoshop in cold blood Alfred 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 At the very least, Adobe should be glancing nervously over its shoulder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 9 hours ago, v_kyr said: That font is probably named after a used poster of "In Cold Blood", which is a 1967 movie based on the book of the same name by Truman Capote. The font used for that is "Didoni" a commercial one. IT Crowd rocks: Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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