Designer crashes on Text->Show Character

[ddev55]

I am learning Designer and created some elements. I have a field with text. Whenever I select this text fiel object and select Text->Show Character, Designer enters in something akin to an unending loop and I have to force quit it.

Attached the file with the text field object.

Daniel

mydesign.afdesign

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @ddev55.

I don't think I've seen reports of that before. Does it also happen if you use View > Studio > Character? Does it happen if you don't have that Text Frame selected?

What MacOS release are you running?

 

[Dan C]

Hi @ddev55,

Thanks for your report and file provided!

I have downloaded and opened this file here and I'm unable to replicate this issue currently - the app is not crashing when opening the Character Studio using any method.

Can you please confirm, is this still happening within this document for you? Is this something you can reproduce with a new file?

I can see that half of your text is at a slightly smaller size (18pt compared to 22pt) and the smaller half has a Horizontal Scale of 80% applied through the Character Studio.

There should be no issues with having your text set like this, but to me this would indicate you were able to use this panel correctly at one point. Is that the case please?  

[Finial]

New iMac and Fresh download of Affinity Designer Can confirm this is still an issue. I have tried reopening the app and restarting the computer and this issue is still occurring.

[Dan C]

Hi @Finial,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

Sorry to hear this! Can you please provide a screen recording of the steps you're taking, and the issue being experienced - so I can further investigate this for you?

If you're unsure how to take a screen recording, please check out our FAQ linked below - 

If this is only occurring in one document, please attach a copy of this document here for me.

Many thanks in advance!

[Rizki]

 I also have same issue, but im using win 11. can u figure what's problem? 
it keeps force close when i typed in character's name field

 

On 9/3/2022 at 1:42 PM, Dan C said:

Hi @Finial,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

Sorry to hear this! Can you please provide a screen recording of the steps you're taking, and the issue being experienced - so I can further investigate this for you?

If you're unsure how to take a screen recording, please check out our FAQ linked below - 

If this is only occurring in one document, please attach a copy of this document here for me.

Many thanks in advance!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2022 by Rizki
reupload attachment and add some explain

[Dan C]

Hi @Rizki,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

I can confirm this is a known issue in Affinity and other 'WPF' apps, following a recent Windows update.

You can find out more info regarding this issue, alongside our recommended steps to remove the update to resolve this crashing:

I hope this helps!

[Rizki]

1 hour ago, Dan C said:

Hi @Rizki,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

I can confirm this is a known issue in Affinity and other 'WPF' apps, following a recent Windows update.

You can find out more info regarding this issue, alongside our recommended steps to remove the update to resolve this crashing:

I hope this helps!

Yes, it helps!
its because Net. framework updates from windows that effects Affinity. so i uninstalled the newest Net. framework update, and my AfDesign not crashing anymore

 

Thanks for helping 😉

[Patrick Connor]

IMPORTANT UPDATE for anyone still using V1 Affinity applications - 

Versions 1.10.6 of the Affinity suite have been released, which resolve these .NET Windows crashes.

Please see the below link for information on how to download and install these updates:

With the Affinity updates installed, you can now un-hide any previous Windows updates you have paused and install these without concern.