Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 Bug : Figure Space displays as a zero character

[fmommeja]

While inserting a Figure Space via the Text->Insert->Spaces and Tabs menu, even when unchecking Show Special Characters, a zero (0) character displays instead of a space.

The 0 also displays when using the Toggle Preview Mode.

[walt.farrell]

What font are you using, and if it's one you installed where did you get it?

[fmommeja]

Hi Walt,

this is Myriad Pro Regular from Adobe (converted to OTF using TransType).

I get your point… I opened the font in Font Forge and inspected the U+2007 character but it was empty. No 0.

But it's definitely an issue related to that font as it disappears when changing it to Helvetica for instance.

Well, thanks a lot for your help. I'll manage to use a specific character style for these kind of spaces.

But if you still have a tip to correct a font that displays wrong, I'll be happy to read it! ^^

Have a good day.

[fmommeja]

I finally managed to edit it with FontForge and everything works fine now.

Thank you !

[walt.farrell]

30 minutes ago, fmommeja said:

I finally managed to edit it with FontForge and everything works fine now.

Thank you !

You're welcome.

Can you explain what the problem was that you had to fix?

[fmommeja]

10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Can you explain what the problem was that you had to fix?

Well, I saw in FontForge that there was no content for the U+2007 character…

I copied the space character content (U+0020) to U+2007 then copied the width of a W letter (U+0057) that fitted to my needs for a Figure Space… saved, generated the new .otf file… Et voilà ! ^^

[MikeTO]

You found a new bug in 2.3.

Figure spaces are being shown as zeroes in 2.3 rather than as spaces. This is not specific to the font you're using, it's a general bug. This worked as recently as the 2.2 beta because I included figure space in the table in my manual so it's a fairly recent bug.

v1.10 versus v2.3.0:

[fmommeja]

Hi Mike,

thank you for your confirmation.

However, it doesn't occur with all fonts but it clearly appeared with the 2.3.0 version.

[MikeTO]

You'll find this problem with most fonts. It doesn't affect all, for example Arial is fine, but it affects most.

[Lee D]

Thanks @fmommeja and @MikeTO I've replicated the issue and passed it over to the developers.

[fmommeja]

The same issue occurs with Punctuation Space.

Hope this will be fixed in 2.4 as it is not in 2.3.1.

[MikeTO]

27 minutes ago, fmommeja said:

The same issue occurs with Punctuation Space.

Hope this will be fixed in 2.4 as it is not in 2.3.1.

Oh you're right. I tested all of the spaces but I must have missed that one.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Inserting a Figure Space results in a 0 being inserted." (REF: AF-1656) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.4.0.2237".
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.