3rdDay Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 When using Affinity Photo (the latest version: 2.2), I find that clicking the 'All Caps' option adds more spacing to the text than when I simply type out the same sentence using caps lock (see image - difference is slight but enough to be a problem). This has been an ongoing problem for a while now and still seems to be an issue on the latest version also. The character spacing options do not change when I click 'all caps' and yet spacing is added. My OS is MacOS Big Sur 11.7.4 and Hardware acceleration is on. If this could be resolved, I'd much appreciate it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Can you provide a sample .afphoto document that shows the issue? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 All Caps also enables the OpenType Capital Spacing (cpsp) feature. So if the font has that feature it is used. But in this case it looks like it is being faked - badly. Have to check the font to see what is happening. What font are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdDay Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 4 hours ago, kenmcd said: All Caps also enables the OpenType Capital Spacing (cpsp) feature. So if the font has that feature it is used. But in this case it looks like it is being faked - badly. Have to check the font to see what is happening. What font are you using? Thank you so much for your help! This makes sense. I’m using the ‘Roboto Condensed’ Bold Font (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Condensed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdDay Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Thanks for the question. 8 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Can you provide a sample .afphoto document that shows the issue? I could set up a sample .afphoto document that shows the issue when I get time. However, anyone can see the same by downloading the Roboto Condensed Bold font & typing one word in all caps and then applying the ‘All Caps’ feature. You’ll notice that the text spacing increases. This must be (as explained by kenmcd) to do with OpenType Capital Spacing. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 hour ago, 3rdDay said: This must be (as explained by kenmcd) to do with OpenType Capital Spacing. Yup. Roboto Condensed Bold does have the Capital Spacing feature. This is it with Capital Spacing (cpsp) being cycled On and Off. That looked excessive for cpsp at first glance, but that is how the font is designed. Probably because it is designed as an interface font (to be viewed at a relatively small optical size). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdDay Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 Wow, thank you so much. That explains it. Is there a way of turning cpsp off in Affinity photo? No worries if not. I could probably figure out the amount I can reduce the character spacing by in order to bring it back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 In the typography panel there's an option to set the capital spacing. 2023-09-20 09-50-10.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 12 hours ago, 3rdDay said: Is there a way of turning cpsp off in Affinity photo? All Caps automatically enables Capital Spacing. Just go into the Topography Panel and turn it back Off. Why use All Caps - why not just type caps? Old Bruce, Return and MikeW 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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