Dai555 Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 Here is a rough and ready tutorial on how to use chartwell font in Publisher to create graphs. see the attached file. Chartwell Graphs.afpub Chartwell.mp4 markw, Hilltop, TrentL and 3 others 4 2
TrentL Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 Wow, that was a surprise 😀 I didn't know fonts could do that.
Dai555 Posted September 26, 2023 Author Posted September 26, 2023 Niether did I till I got a reply from Affinity when I asked them to add this as a feature in Publisher.
TrentL Posted September 26, 2023 Posted September 26, 2023 Is there any info on how they actually do this? It seems to be something with ligatures. But is there any programmatic logic available to font developers in the OpenType spec?
bures Posted September 26, 2023 Posted September 26, 2023 41 minutes ago, TrentL said: Is there any info on how they actually do this? It seems to be something with ligatures. But is there any programmatic logic available to font developers in the OpenType spec? https://www.vectrotype.com/chartwell Done 1
TrentL Posted September 26, 2023 Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, bures said: https://www.vectrotype.com/chartwell I found a blog post that describes it in more detail. I've only had a chance to skim it so far, but seems like it is literally brute-forcing every possible pie slice size and rotation using glyphs. https://tktype.tumblr.com/post/4343344341/a-not-so-brief-explanation-of-chartwell Glyphs for the value 25:
Seneca Posted September 26, 2023 Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, TrentL said: but seems like it is literally brute-forcing every possible pie slice size and rotation using glyphs There is logic to this madness courtesy of Monotype GmbH: FF Chartwell 2.0 User Manual.pdf 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4
v_kyr Posted September 26, 2023 Posted September 26, 2023 Webarchive - Travis Kochel - TK TYPE - CHARTWELL (Released: 2011) https://web.archive.org/web/20110310041357/http://www.tktype.com/chartwell.php https://web.archive.org/web/20110310041357/http://www.tktype.com/downloads/Chartwell-TKTYPE.pdf (PDF Specimen) https://creativepro.com/creating-instant-charts-with-chartwell/ ☛ 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
Dai555 Posted September 28, 2023 Author Posted September 28, 2023 The free down load I got seems limited to Pie and bar charts. Here is a hollow pie chart. Make sure the A at the end of your numbers is coloured white. Don't forget to create assets out your charts for mock ups and templates. Hollow Pie.afpub
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