Ronald N. Tan Posted November 9, 2022 Posted November 9, 2022 This thread is for people (like me) who are interested and hoping for support of Indic languages in Affinity Version 2 (V2). Sadly, there is still no support for Indic languages as of this moment, the 9th November, 2022. Features may be added in a future point-update or point-release. Let's all remain positive and hopeful that the staff and developers at Serif keeps the dialogue for Indic Languages and RTL Language support as open. Dev Kulkarni, Bright, অরুণ সরকার and 3 others 3 1 2 Quote
Dev Kulkarni Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 I genuinely am willing to pay the 40% discount back to Serif if they add the Indic Font Support. Just hire despo Indian developers who like affinity already. They'll probably do it without prompting Quote
Ronald N. Tan Posted November 30, 2022 Author Posted November 30, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 9:26 AM, Dev Kulkarni said: I genuinely am willing to pay the 40% discount back to Serif if they add the Indic Font Support. Just hire despo Indian developers who like affinity already. They'll probably do it without prompting I remain hopeful and positive, but based on the development cycle of Affinity Suite of Applications (Designer, Photo, and Publisher), I am not holding my breath. Here is to hoping that Serif puts Indic and RTL languages on their internal product development roadmap for version 3. Until that day arrives, I will vote with wallet and not upgrade to Publisher 2.X or to the full Suite of Applications. Quote
DaWerd Posted December 29, 2022 Posted December 29, 2022 Yes we also won't buy Affinity until it can support indic, RTL and vertical script. Quote
NB2022 Posted January 2, 2023 Posted January 2, 2023 I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for this for years now and am starting to lose hope... Publisher would be such an amazing product if it had proper Indic language support. Pocomedia, rmschindler and DesignerUSA 2 1 Quote
prabhu.thi Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Need tamil font support. Pls let us know the updates on the same. Pocomedia 1 Quote
Proton Posted September 20, 2023 Posted September 20, 2023 When will this become reality... After V1 shelled out money for V2 and eagerly installed V2.2 also... No updates... Gimp could easily implement ages ago, and Inkscape, why Affinity is struggling? I tried langugage, script etc in Styles... no luck, it doesn't render the glyph as they should. Pocomedia 1 Quote
Pocomedia Posted December 13, 2023 Posted December 13, 2023 This what stoping me to use Affinity...why can't Affinity fix this problem even gimp can do it so sad..... Quote
sherymon Posted January 26, 2024 Posted January 26, 2024 I am wondering how many more decades it will take to implement this feature...? Will it ever come? অরুণ সরকার, VRShaiju and malayali 3 Quote
ChimpJr. Posted February 8, 2024 Posted February 8, 2024 (edited) I am voicing in to request to include support for Indic Language text in the upcoming future updates. Affinity Designer V2 is outstanding overall, but it only lacks to fully support Indic Language text/typing. Hey Serif developers, it would be great if you could please add support for Indic Languages. Edited February 8, 2024 by Rajesh.Maskal rmschindler and অরুণ সরকার 2 Quote
Rajja Posted February 13, 2024 Posted February 13, 2024 For what its worth, I echo the same for the nth time. Affinity is a great solution; it may need a major change to the text processing to support Indic font - but that would be an investment for sure, considering the the scale of market that it can reap. Quote
KSD Posted July 9, 2024 Posted July 9, 2024 I would buy the Affinity Suite immediately if it had support for Indic languages like Hindi and Bengali. That lack is the only thing stopping me from buying the software, and I am sure there are thousands of other people of the same mind. Quote
wonderings Posted July 9, 2024 Posted July 9, 2024 I wonder if this will be something that will come when the transition to Canva is complete. It seems like Canva itself already supports Hindi languages among others, so they must have a team to support those languages already which would in my mind make it easier to add support for those languages. Quote
Frozen Death Knight Posted July 10, 2024 Posted July 10, 2024 RTL support was on the list of priorities since around last year when Serif did an interview and mentioned it. Designer is fairly popular in Japan so it became an incentive to improve it. I think I recall it being mentioned as well when Canva acquired Serif, so it's likely only a matter of time. অরুণ সরকার 1 Quote
Alfred Posted July 10, 2024 Posted July 10, 2024 1 hour ago, Frozen Death Knight said: RTL support was on the list of priorities since around last year when Serif did an interview and mentioned it. 1 hour ago, অরুণ সরকার said: I asked it (Fully LTR support for Indic Languages) from PagePlus X5 🙃 I suspect that RTL support for Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, etc. will be higher on Serif’s priority list than LTR support for Unicode Indic fonts. অরুণ সরকার 1 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)
Alfred Posted July 10, 2024 Posted July 10, 2024 On 1/26/2024 at 2:53 PM, sherymon said: I am wondering how many more decades it will take to implement this feature...? Will it ever come? Fun fact: Malayalam is the only language in the world whose name is a palindrome. অরুণ সরকার 1 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)
wonderings Posted July 10, 2024 Posted July 10, 2024 6 hours ago, অরুণ সরকার said: Yes CANVA support Indic languages fully. And I think Serif never bother to provide support those scripts. For Client's sent file I use "open type" font with other Software and for Affinity I use ANSI 😂 Not sure if you are aware but Canva bought Affinity, so there will be new leadership and I am assuming a larger development team to fit within the Canva family. This is why I think there is a better chance of this coming as Canva supports these other languages, I am sure they would want to have their entire family of apps all usable around the world. Quote
Proton Posted October 13, 2024 Posted October 13, 2024 .Affinity/Canva Guys have courtesy and courage to answer..is it a lack of competence in indic scripts? It's not a question of priority because it is pending for more than 5 years. It could have been prioritised ten times. I believe it's a competence question. Quote
Hayavadana Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Subject: Request for Full Support of Indic Unicode Fonts in Affinity Suite Dear Serif Development Team, I am a dedicated user of the Affinity Suite and truly appreciate the powerful features your software offers. However, I (along with many other users) am facing a major issue: Affinity does not fully support Indian regional Unicode fonts (such as Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Odia, etc.). Issue Details: Text rendering is broken or incorrect for complex Indian scripts. Ligatures and conjunct characters do not form properly. Many OpenType features needed for Indic scripts are missing. Why This Matters: India has over 500 million native speakers of these languages, many of whom are designers, publishers, and content creators. Competing software like Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, and Scribus handle Indic scripts correctly. Affinity’s lack of support makes it difficult to use for professional publishing. Many users, including me, are willing to switch to Affinity fully—but this issue is a major blocker. Proposed Solution: We request Serif to consider integrating Harfbuzz, an open-source text-shaping engine, which is already used by Adobe, Microsoft, and Google to support complex scripts. This would significantly improve Affinity’s usability for a global audience. Final Request: Can you please confirm if Indic language support is on your development roadmap? Even a rough timeline would be helpful for users who are eagerly waiting for this fix. Thank you for your time and consideration. We truly appreciate your efforts in making Affinity an industry-leading design tool. Best regards, B. S. Hayavadana Quote
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