p.bartelt Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Hello, I recently installed the "Futura Black BT" font on my computer to create a logo for a client. The customer wants the font to be italicized because the font is italicized in all applications. The problem is that in Affinity Designer it is not possible to set the font to italic. Even if I copy the font in the correct format (italics) e.g. from Word, it is not transferred to Affinity Designer in italics. Do you have an idea or know a way how I can set the font to italic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Welcome to the forums @p.bartelt The Affinity applications will only let you use italics if you have the italic version of the font installed. Word processors will often ‘spoof’ an italic font when one doesn’t exist by skewing the glyphs to make it look italic-ish. If you don’t have the italic version of a font installed then you will not be able to use that font italicised. Can you check to see if you have the italic version of the font installed and, if so, give us a screenshot showing proof of this from your font manager or similar? If you don't know how to check if the font is installed then you will need to tell us which operating system you are using so we can help further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, N.P.M. said: You could skew the text in the transformpanel. Or skew the letters in the characterpanel. You will never get the same result. See attached screenshot, where the correct italic is grey and the skewed is cyan. In worst case depending on the font, italic characters look totally different to the regular characters. So best advice is to install an italic font if possible. Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, joe_l said: You will never get the same result. But you should get a result like the one provided by other applications if they are providing fake (spoofed) italics, as seems likely from the description in the first post. Quote -- 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...
v_kyr Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 "Futura Black BT" font italics variations Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) There is no italic font style for FuturaBlack. Microsoft Word, for example, also shifts only on the horizontal axis to substitute a non-existent italic font style. And italicised, the FuturaBlack looks quirky in the truest sense of the word. Edited September 30, 2022 by Komatös Quote 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...
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