Niklaus Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 Instead of the font set in the Publisher document (e.g. Linotype Centenniel 55), the Arial font (with incorrect thicknesses) appears on the printer. The output via PDF is correct. I have replaced the program's default font (Arial) with Centenniel, but the problem persists. Quote
Alfred Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Nicklaus. Are you on Mac or Windows? What make and model of printer do you have? 1 hour ago, Niklaus said: (e.g. Linotype Centenniel 55) Is that the only font which is affected, or is it just one of a number of examples? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Niklaus Posted July 4, 2022 Author Posted July 4, 2022 Thank you for the quick response! Printer used: Brother MFC-J8935DW wireless connected to iMac (High Sierra) I attach two PDF: 1. fonttest PDF output.pdf (PDF correctly generated by Affinity Publisher) 2. fonttest print.pdf Scan of printout to printer with the errors. Interestingly, the two italic fonts are correct). Fonttest PDF output.pdf Fonttest print.pdf Alfred 1 Quote
Niklaus Posted July 4, 2022 Author Posted July 4, 2022 Postscript: Try with Frutiger. Here, only the font Frutiger 55 seems to be affected. The thicknesses do not match the font. Fonttest Frutiger.pdf Quote
kenmcd Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 PostScript Type 1 fonts are not supported in Affinity apps. Quote
R C-R Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, LibreTraining said: PostScript Type 1 fonts are not supported in Affinity apps. See also Adobe PostScript Type 1 fonts end of support Andy05 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Andy05 Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 9 hours ago, R C-R said: See also Adobe PostScript Type 1 fonts end of support Very interesting link! Although I haven't used any Type 1 fonts for ages, I didn't know about this part, which is quite drastic for some old files' backup in their original file format: Quote What will happen to documents using Type 1 fonts after January 2023? Adobe applications will not recognize the presence of Type 1 fonts, even if you have Type 1 fonts installed in your desktop operating system: 1. Type1 fonts will not appear in the Fonts menu. 2. There would be no way to use previously installed Type1 fonts. 3. Existing Type1 fonts will appear as “Missing fonts” in the document. Thanks for bumping this issue, time to convert some old works into PDF in order to keep at least some "kind-of-editable" format of them. Quote »There are three responses to a piece of design: yes, no, and wow. Wow is the one to aim for.« Milton Glaser (1929 - 2020)
Niklaus Posted July 17, 2022 Author Posted July 17, 2022 Thanks LibreTraining, RC-R, Andy05, problem seems solved with the note: PostScript Type 1 fonts are not supported in Affinity apps. See attached printout. Fonttest FontXChange.pdf Quote
thomaso Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 14 hours ago, LibreTraining said: PostScript Type 1 fonts are not supported in Affinity apps. 2 hours ago, lacerto said: PostScript (Type 1) fonts just fine in this case. They may be officially "unsupported", and there can be issues with certain PS fonts (e.g. with kerning, choosing glyphs from the Glyphs panel, etc.) but there does not exist currently similar strict "end of support" policy as Adobe has (which e.g. means that current version of Photoshop cannot render PDF files with embedded Type 1 fonts even if they are still handled fine when placed). Just as a reminder: DWright, posted July 2019 (... followed by a discussion about "any", respectively various Postscript font types & abbreviations.) Quote Affinity supports the features of any Postscript font (.otf) installed on your computer, most of the default fonts installed with the OS are TrueType fonts and only a few such as Ariel have a alternative stylistic set.https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/92802-opentype-font-features/&do=findComment&comment=492900 Quote • MacBookPro Retina 15" | macOS 10.14.6 | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 • iPad 10.Gen. | iOS 18.5. | Affinity V2.6
kenmcd Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 45 minutes ago, thomaso said: Just as a reminder: DWright, posted July 2019 (... followed by a discussion about "any", respectively various Postscript font types & abbreviations.) Quote Affinity supports the features of any Postscript font (.otf) installed on your computer, most of the default fonts installed with the OS are TrueType fonts and only a few such as Ariel have a alternative stylistic set.https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/92802-opentype-font-features/&do=findComment&comment=492900 Expand That is not about old PostScript Type 1 fonts. That is about modern OpenType-PS (.otf) fonts which are OpenType file format with PostScript glyph outlines. Not the same thing. The fact that the PDF export appears to support Type 1 fonts is probably a happy accident because the PDFlib supports it. When you export to print you then go thru the Affinity rasterizer where it is definitely not supported. PostScript Type 1 fonts are not supported in Affinity apps - officially. Quote
thomaso Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, LibreTraining said: That is not about old PostScript Type 1 fonts. That's why I mentioned this post and thread. Because "any Postscript font" <-> "(.otf)" may appear as a conflicting information. Quote • MacBookPro Retina 15" | macOS 10.14.6 | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 • iPad 10.Gen. | iOS 18.5. | Affinity V2.6
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