EducationPrinciples Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 When I selected a font from the list of fonts they appeared in English. Once the font was chosen the title of font (in the font properties box) appeared in Chinese characters. The text that I typed on the canvas displayed as I wanted. The application functioned in English, and all the help text appeared in English. This problem persisted in both Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Designer 2 on my iPad. I deleted Affinity Designer from my iPad and saw the problem continue in Affinity Photo. I reinstalled Affinity Designer and the problem was resolved. The purchased Brushes and Assets were automatically there as well as the custom Assets that I had created. The issue of the Chinese font name persisted in Affinity Photo. I deleted Affinity Photo and then reinstalled. Problem has been resolved. A possible related bug is that some font choices have a "?" in front of the name and appear in red. (see attachment). All of these fonts work fine in Affinity Designer 1.10.5 and Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookiepal Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Hopping on this as I need to know if there’s a fix other than uninstall/reinstall, because I’m not wanting to have to export and re-import all my work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Got the same issue reset defaults restores theEnglish menu but selecting another font reverts back to chinese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Sorry its factory reset under the document menu that restores the menu , thing it might relate to fonts installed with designer 1 as they don’t show in the installed fonts in the designer 2 presences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookiepal Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 The bug doesn’t just relate to installed fonts. It’s also happening on system fonts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Seems to be related to all fonts installed in affinity designer 1 - choosing one of these switches all the font descriptors to Chinese apple or otherwise, I uninstalled all the fonts in designer 1 (note designer 2 shows no fonts installed ) and reinstalled them via designer 2 seem to have cured the problem. The red font is because designer cant find the font possibly deleting the original designer 1 might remove its installed fonts as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookiepal Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Philf said: Seems to be related to all fonts installed in affinity designer 1 - choosing one of these switches all the font descriptors to Chinese apple or otherwise, I uninstalled all the fonts in designer 1 (note designer 2 shows no fonts installed ) and reinstalled them via designer 2 seem to have cured the problem. The red font is because designer cant find the font possibly deleting the original designer 1 might remove its installed fonts as well? No, it’s also happening with system fonts, as in fonts that are on the iPad when new. Also, the majority of ‘user installed’ fonts are installed outside of Designer using a font installation app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EducationPrinciples Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 I now have Designer 2.0.2.2 and the issue of Chinese still appears when looking at the font selector box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookiepal Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 6 hours ago, EducationPrinciples said: I now have Designer 2.0.2.2 and the issue of Chinese still appears when looking at the font selector box. I’ve managed to sort the issue here. I totally uninstalled D2, removed a font installer app called fontcase, because it’s not working with iPadOS 16 anyway and I figured that could have been causing a conflict. I then reinstalled D2 and added all my fonts directly into D2. I’ve not had a problem since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff EmT Posted November 28, 2022 Staff Share Posted November 28, 2022 Hi @EducationPrinciples We are aware of this issue and its has been passed over to the devs for further investigation. transitdiagrams 1 Quote How to format a bug report | List of V2 FAQ's | Affinity Photo (V2) Tutorials | Affinity Designer (V2) Tutorials | Affinity Publisher (V2) Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transitdiagrams Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Was about to post the same... fonts are displayed in Chinese and behave different in different dialogues. Hope this will be fixed soon. Quote PS: If you like maps you might also have a look at this community!PPS: Want to know more about me and my ways? Head over to an Affinity Spotlight article about me and my maps!PPPS: Do you love public transit and transit maps too? Then have a look at my home-made collection of transit maps under www.instagram.com/transitdiagrams or www.twitter.com/transitdiagrams. PPPPS: Other works than transit maps can be found here www.behance.net/chrisneuherz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioJason Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Still displaying Chinese….just so ya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rriver Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I have the same issue on Affinity Designer 2.0.2.2 on iPadOS 16.2 on iPad Pro 12.9 6th gen with M2 chip. I have some Creative Cloud fonts and other open source fonts using iFont on my iPad. It looks very random and all types of fonts, including system, Creative Cloud, and iFont-installed fonts, show in Chinese characters. This does not happen on Affinity Designer 1.10.7 on iPadOS 16.2. Thank you for all your work and hope this will be fixed soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilys Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I’ve just installed Affinity Designer for the first time on my iPad Air and this is happening to me too, so it’s not just a version issue. Most of my work is font based so really need a fix for this. transitdiagrams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted March 30, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 30, 2023 The issue "[iPad] Fonts installed from creative cloud show on context toolbar with name in Chinese " (REF: AFD-6170) has been improved by the developers in internal build "2.1.0.1736". This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release. Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions. If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpburns Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Just chiming in to say this problem affects me, too. Anxiously awaiting fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therra Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 My iPad Pro 12.9 with Affinity Designer 2 also displays Chinese name for the Font displays. Happy if you can fix this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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