sfriedberg Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 I've attached an image showing Affinity Publisher 1.9.1.979 and 1.9.4.1076 (Beta) running simultaneously on the same machine, with the same file open. Because they are running simultanously, they obviously have access to exactly the same set of installed fonts, the exact same graphic drivers and HW, etc. 1.9.1 is on the left, 1.9.4 beta is on the right. The display of text style samples is typically of what AffPub has historically shown. The display of text style samples on the right is noticably degraded. Text display in the body of the document, and in the rest of the AffPub UI, is crisp and clear. Turning OpenCL acceleration on or off does not affect this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted May 25, 2021 Staff Share Posted May 25, 2021 Hi @sfriedberg, Do you find this happens when the text styles are using the Arial font? What display resolution and DPI are you using? Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfriedberg Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Yes, here's a sample of a new document from a fresh launch of AffPub 1.9.4 (Beta). Screen size is 1920x1080, which is the native resolution of this laptop's display. The machine is a Dell Precision 7530 laptop and the physical DPI is whatever it is. Document setup DPI is 300, and is set that way for both the 1.9.1 and 1.9.4 (Beta) examples I gave initially. [Added in edit] I created a text frame, added some text, and then checked that Body was in Arial font (which it inherits from Base). It was in Arial font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
design punch Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Hi, I have same problem here. I made several huge poster files in 1035. After exporting to print ready .pdf (as I use usual) text sharpness in the .pdf get lost a bit. For testing I reopened both .pdf-files (all under same conditions) in Photo to check. The Photo file 1076 itself have lost sharpness a bit too. The 1035 file was already printed before and was completly ok. At the moment I'm not sure, what will happen, if I will send the 1076 file to print - so wether the problem is a display problem on my computer only or will it have effect on final printing? pics: .pdf 1035 vs. 1076 pic 1 .pdf 1035 pic 2 .pdf 1076 pic 3 .pdf 1035 (200%) pic 4 .pdf 1076 (200%) pic 5 .pdf 1035 -> photo pic 6 .pdf 1076 -> photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, design punch said: I have same problem here. I don't think you have the same problem. This topic is about the font appearance in the Text Styles studio panel, not about how the font looks in the actual document. -- 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...
Staff Jon P Posted May 26, 2021 Staff Share Posted May 26, 2021 I've reproduced the poor quality test style samples on a certain machine, but haven't narrowed down why I can see it on that machine but not another, either way it's now logged with us for some further investigation. As Walt states @design punch I think you may be seeing something else, on the above machine the text looks fine in document for me even when it was appearing blurred in the text style manager. Are your performance settings the same between the versions? sfriedberg 1 Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
design punch Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Yes, its not the same problem ... Anyhow, all performance adjustments of 1035 and 1076 are the same here ... Please note, that the problem is seen in the created .pdf, (Acrobat X) and later in photo, not within publisher !? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 The display of the text styles improves, a little bit, if you undock the style tab and change the height and width until the scroll bar disappears. The display error is independent of the font selected. AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michail Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 I can confirm the poorer display quality in the beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas CH Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Gemäss meinen Tests hat die Auflösung der Textstile mit der Skalierung der Windowsanzeige zu tun. Auflösung 1920/1080 Anzeigenskalierung 100% = Schrift unscharf Anzeigenskalierung 125% und grösser = perfekt Anzeige 3840/2160 Anzeigenskalierung 100% = zu klein Anzeigenskalierung 150% und grösser = perfekt According to my tests, the resolution of the text styles has to do with the scaling of the Windows display. Resolution 1920/1080 Display scaling 100% = font blurred Display scaling 125% and larger = perfect Display 3840/2160 Display scaling 100% = too small Display scaling 150% and larger = perfect Jon P and sfriedberg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfriedberg Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 I can confirm Andreas CH's test results, although my system only offers me 100, 125, 150 and 175%. 125% and above cleans up the problem for the beta. 100% works fine for the 1.9 release version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted June 24, 2021 Staff Share Posted June 24, 2021 We still struggled to see this consistently internally, but there's a potential fix in the latest beta we have just released. I'd appreciate if anyone who was encountering this issue could check if they still see poor quality samples in this beta Thanks Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michail Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Thanks for the info, @Jon P ! For me, the display quality still seems to be poor: Jon P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas CH Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Leider verschlimmbessert Neu werden die Schriften in allen Skalierungen (100, 125, 150, 175%) mangelhaft angezeigt. Vorher nur bei 100%. Unfortunately, worse improved Now the fonts are displayed poorly in all scales (100, 125, 150, 175%). Before only at 100%. Abbildung 125% Figure 125% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfriedberg Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Same results here with 1.10.0.1098 (Beta), no improvement on the text styles preview quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas CH Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Wahrscheinlich gehört das in die gleiche Thematik. Wahrscheinlich gehört das in die gleiche Thematik. Bei den Textstilen im Register «Aufzählung und Nummerierung» und dann unter «Mehr…» Sind die Interpunktionszeichen alle unscharf. Die Auflösung ist egal. Die Unschönheit besteht in 1.94 und 1.10. Probably this belongs to the same topic. In the text styles in the "Enumeration and numbering" tab and then under "More..." The punctuation marks are all blurred. The resolution doesn't matter. The blur is in 1.94 and 1.10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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