Variable fonts

[DarkClown]

It's been more than 2 years people are requesting support for variable fonts. I'd like to bring this topic up since it seems not getting any attention. Of course this affects all Affinity products and not only Affinity Publisher.

And if basic font support does not make it to the essential feature requirements please make sure to handle this failure/bug with a bit of dignity (even Photoshop 6 disables the styles for variable fonts and does not display random nonsense)

 

Cheers, Timo

[Pšenda]

On 3/24/2022 at 11:25 AM, DarkClown said:

I'd like to bring this topic up since it seems not getting any attention.

Do you think that reopening the same requirements, even if it is in direct conflict with the rules of the forum, will somehow increase this attention?

[DarkClown]

2 hours ago, Pšenda said:

Do you think that reopening the same requirements, even if it is in direct conflict with the rules of the forum, will somehow increase this attention?

Hmm, thanks for asking .... let me think ... YES!

And I apologise for "violating forum rules" - I assume I'm a really bad boy (I always thought that this type of comment was originally cultivated by my folk ) - but how would serif ever know that there were far more than one person requestion a feature if only one request would be allowed?
 

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, DarkClown said:

but how would serif ever know that there were far more than one person requestion a feature if only one request would be allowed

They would look at the number of posts in that topic, and who made them.

[DarkClown]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

They would look at the number of posts in that topic, and who made them.

Even more important to leave a footprint

[Pšenda]

7 hours ago, DarkClown said:

but how would serif ever know that there were far more than one person requestion a feature if only one request would be allowed?

 .... let me think ... I would say quite simply - by adding your comment to the existing request. By the way, exactly as stated in the forum rules

 

7 hours ago, DarkClown said:

YES!

We hope you will be successful in your endeavors.

[MarekGFX]

Even though we should stick to the original thread and I do not agree with creating the duplicate, variable fonts mess is kinda weird and annoying. Adapting the concept of variable fonts is one thing but treating them like users does not have them installed or they do not exist is another

[Redesignerer]

I'm trying to switch to Affinity in my work, at some of the big creative agencies, but no support for variable fonts is a deal-breaker.

Also, no apparent desire to consider it means it is hard to persuade others to give Affinity a go.

I'm using variable fonts more and more often, and I am now getting locked back in to Adobe as Affinity just pretend they don't exist.

[matisso]

On 3/25/2022 at 10:29 PM, Pšenda said:

Do you think that reopening the same requirements, even if it is in direct conflict with the rules of the forum, will somehow increase this attention?

Wow, this place starts to smell old and grumpy.

@DarkClown, a solution for you is Figma. It's free – ok, they also have paid plans but the added features are useful for working on large projects involving multiple users, all design features are available in the free tier – browser based (but can be downloaded as an app, too), has extensive plugin support and a very active community developing them. If you output for print maybe leave that for Affinity if you want to, but layout… Oh, man.

(I wonder if I get bad rap for mentioning different software? This would go well with the air of this thread. 😒)

Cheers,
Matt