Request to Update Regarding Indic Language Support

[vistech]

Affinity Designer 2 still doesn't update indic typing features

Version 2 (V2) Doesn't Have Language Support for Indic Language Gujarati, Hindi,Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali, Etc.

All other software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw support indic languages so why affinity not ? please insist on this matter and fix this, without unicode indic language support designer not choose your product because you not provide indic language support features still version 2.0

Please find the below attachments

We want results like Adobe Illustrator you can see below screenshot.
Thank You. Regards

[theSuda]

This is literally the only thing holding me back from buying the full suite of products. If I can't use the indic fonts then I can't really use these products to their full potential.

[vistech]

so our humble request to company please update indic language features and unicode font support in affinity designer 2

[Ron P.]

This is not a bug, Serif has respond to other posts advising of that, and it would take a major overhaul of their text engine to include this. So please stop claiming it's a bug.

You would have better luck if you posted this in the correct forum, the one for Feed Back & Suggestions.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Ron P. said:

This is not a bug,

However, it does have what appears to be a bug tag, AFD-1907, and so it may be accepted as a bug by Serif, unlike the requests for RTL language support. It may also, though, be one that will be difficult to fix as you suggest.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AFD-1907

 

[mocny]

AFD-1907

I also need this fixed ASAP. The glyphs can be found in "Glyph Browser" in fonts like "Arial Unicode MS" or "Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit" so I am sure, there must some way to fix this. Please bump this up. It is unacceptable, that this hasn't been fixed since V1. Ligatures need to be working properly in any graphic software like Affinity products, otherwise we will be kept stuck.

I am actually using MacOS, but this isn't OS/app dependent bug, it is faulty also in iPad and same on Publisher/Photo.

[Kiran Madalu]

Thank you for your reply. I purchased latest Affinity publisher 2 for ipad - now current version 2.0.4, still indic unicode kannada font showing wrong. Here I attached a screenshot of  adobe fresco example with affinity publisher.

[vistech]

Ya bro Affinity Still not update their text engine for their customers. that's very bad. i also face this unicode font problem

 

[Mangat Bhardwaj]

The program developers at Serif are shamelessly evading the issue or putting forth one lame excuse or another for not addressing the problem. I suggest that for your simple DTP or page layout needs, the Microsoft Word is enough. If you have Microsoft Publisher, that is a bonus point. Go for them. These programs also support the R to L scripts like Arabic and Urdu. But for your complex layout needs, you have no choice except swallowing the bitter pills like Adobe and Quark. If Serif don't give a damn for your pleas, pay them back in the same coin.

[Rajja]

V2.5 is great.  We can use Indic fonts.

Affinity tech team has finally heard our voices and responded positively.  well done! thanks

[Alfred]

7 minutes ago, Rajja said:

V2.5 is great.  We can use Indic fonts.

Affinity tech team has finally heard our voices and responded positively.  well done! thanks

Support for Indic scripts isn’t mentioned in the release notes. What Indic fonts were you unable to use before but are able to use now?

[Rajja]

may be I spoke too soon..... some characters still not ok

 

[Rajja]

In Tamil all letters that sound with the vowel e, E, ay, o, O, au  are not working.

[Mangat Bhardwaj]

The FREE programs Gimp and Inkscape fully support the Unicode Devanagari (Hindi) and Gurmukhi (Punjabi) fonts. These programs are better than the competing Serif programs. There are excellent training videos on YouTube for them. Microsoft Word and FREE Libre Office are very good for simple layout and DTP jobs. Word and Libre Writer can handle Arabic and Urdu fonts as well.

[ChimpJr.]

On 5/24/2024 at 5:07 PM, Rajja said:

V2.5 is great.  We can use Indic fonts.

Affinity tech team has finally heard our voices and responded positively.  well done! thanks

 

Your comment made me excited and update the Affinity Universal Licence on 24 May, only to realise that it's not yet available.

Moreover, as one community member (walt.farrell) once mentioned : Affinity will not resolve this issue for a long time.

I would only suggest we ought to consider finding different alternatives such as those mentioned by Mangat Bhardwaj:

On 5/24/2024 at 6:10 PM, Mangat Bhardwaj said:

The FREE programs Gimp and Inkscape fully support the Unicode Devanagari (Hindi) and Gurmukhi (Punjabi) fonts. These programs are better than the competing Serif programs. There are excellent training videos on YouTube for them. Microsoft Word and FREE Libre Office are very good for simple layout and DTP jobs. Word and Libre Writer can handle Arabic and Urdu fonts as well.

 

 

[Alfred]

2 hours ago, ChimpJr. said:

Your comment made me excited and update the Affinity Universal Licence on 24 May, only to realise that it's not yet available.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @ChimpJr..

Purchases from the Affinity Store are covered by a 14-day money back guarantee. You purchased a Universal Licence nine days ago, so if you want to apply for a refund you’ll need to be quick!

https://store.serif.com/help/#returns

[ChimpJr.]

6 hours ago, Alfred said:

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @ChimpJr..

Purchases from the Affinity Store are covered by a 14-day money back guarantee. You purchased a Universal Licence nine days ago, so if you want to apply for a refund you’ll need to be quick!

https://store.serif.com/help/#returns

 

Hello @Alfred 

I am a die-hard fan of Affinity. I started off with a purchase of Affinity Designer 2. Despite encountering Indic font support limitations, I still decided to buy the Universal Licence. 

Also, I made a purchase long back which makes my licence invalid for a refund. Moreover, I do not look to return this wonderful software.

My only concern to voice for alternatives is because I'm disheartened by Affinity's lack of response to our requests for Indic font support. One of their visions is to ensure accessibility for all, but they still don't listen to us.

I am eagerly anticipating the addition of Indic fonts.

[puneet parve]

Their UI shows it correctly tho.

[riacon12]

There is literally an entire subcontinent of designers for whom Adobe's monthly subscription is prohibitively expensive and who would gladly invest in an equally effective software that they actually outright own. I am such an evangelist about Affinity, but this oversight is beyond myopic. These programs could be an Adobe killer in one of the biggest markets in the world and all it would take is a feature that basically every program that works with text in any capacity has already implemented. It's frankly silly that the alphabets of over a billion people are being treated as a niche feature especially when there is now so much documentation on Indic scripts for all sorts of applications.