Rooobert Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Variable fonts will be the way to go in the future. Having the possibility to adjust your font with high precision is a key feature. And I'm talking for print. There are great typefaces where variable axis play an important role. PLEASE ADD VARIABLE FONT SUPPORT. OUR GOAL IST TO BE BETTER THAN ADOBE. uncoy, Luca H and Phileas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Quote Just a few things to bear in mind: Please search first, it may well be that you have a suggestion that others also want. If so add your feelings to their thread. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/65-feedback-for-affinity-publisher-on-desktop/ Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyO Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I agree; but just be prepared to pay the high license rates the foundries are asking for. Quote RickyOAPh, ADe and APu user New User as of Mar, 2018 (Still stumbling along given too many directions at any given moment) Windows10 platform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 9 hours ago, RickyO said: I agree; but just be prepared to pay the high license rates the foundries are asking for. There are currently 258 variable fonts available from Google Fonts. All with free open source licenses. Even if you only counted the pre-defined instances within those variable fonts that is the equivalent of a few thousand static fonts. And there are others in GitHub which are not in GF. Adobe Source Sans, Source Serif, and Source Mono. And Source Han Sans VF which is the equivalent of the 45 CJK fonts in the one TTC file, or separate static files. Science Gothic (based on classic Bank Gothic) is nearly done (will be in GF) and includes weight, width, slant, and contrast axes. Inter, the font you are reading here, is currently being upgraded to include an optical size axis (beta fonts available now). Playfair Display is currently being upgraded to variable and includes weight, width, and optical size axes. And there are many more available now, or in-process. There are even a few color variable fonts available, and more in development. Lots of variable font options available now. Guedes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyO Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 5 hours ago, LibreTraining said: There are currently 258 variable fonts available from Google Fonts. All with free open source licenses. Even if you only counted the pre-defined instances within those variable fonts that is the equivalent of a few thousand static fonts. And there are others in GitHub which are not in GF. Adobe Source Sans, Source Serif, and Source Mono. And Source Han Sans which has over 40 CJK variable fonts in one TTC file. Science Gothic (based on classic Bank Gothic) is nearly done (will be in GF) and includes weight, width, slant, and contrast axes. Inter, the font you are reading here, is currently being upgraded to include an optical size axis (beta fonts available now). Playfair Display is currently being upgraded to variable and includes weight, width, and optical size axes. And there are many more available now, or in-process. There are even a few color variable fonts available, and more in development. Lots of variable font options available now. THANK YOU!!!! You are a walking, typing resource ala VF's! ... I think it's time for affinity to sincerely consider (aka adopt) them. Thanks again. kenmcd 1 Quote RickyOAPh, ADe and APu user New User as of Mar, 2018 (Still stumbling along given too many directions at any given moment) Windows10 platform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamienG Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 At this point I'm starting to think they're holding back important features like variable fonts and webp support to put into a 2.0 release we have to pay to upgrade to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyO Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 51 minutes ago, DamienG said: At this point I'm starting to think they're holding back important features like variable fonts and webp support to put into a 2.0 release we have to pay to upgrade to. That's fine with me. I pay for quality, and consider Affinity to be QUALITY. (I want them around for a long time.) sbe 1 Quote RickyOAPh, ADe and APu user New User as of Mar, 2018 (Still stumbling along given too many directions at any given moment) Windows10 platform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarisland Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 I'm a type designer, I started out creating fonts recently after I bought Affinity Designer and I was teaching myself to work with vector graphics. I've created several color fonts and a few variable fonts. It's a shame that I can't use Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo to create mockups and promo images for my fonts. For that I have to resolve to either making screenshots of color fonts or variable fonts in the browser of Pixelmator Pro since I do my best to avoid Adobe software. The most annoying thing for me is that no one at Serif seems to think this is the least bit important. There's a whole cottage industry for special display fonts and both variable fonts and color fonts are supported by nearly all major browsers.https://caniuse.com/variable-fontshttps://caniuse.com/?search=COLR%2FCPAL If Affinity Designer supported variable fonts or color fonts it would be an invaluable resource not only for creating promo images, but for testing and quality control, because now a lot of my design process is a shot in the dark. Variable fontshttps://www.creativefabrica.com/product/demodulator/https://www.creativefabrica.com/product/montebello/ Color fonts:https://www.creativefabrica.com/product/tuscan-modular-2/ (SVG)https://www.creativefabrica.com/product/16-segment-display/ (COLR/CPAL)https://www.creativefabrica.com/product/cardboard-cutout/ (COLR/CPAL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1chael Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I would really like to have support for variable fonts in the Affinity tools, too. please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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