Fonts

[Miguel Teixeira]

We are currently testing affinity tools, in order to implemente instead of the current ones we using.
But we imidialty we found a problem im unable to solve. 

When i open the project in InDesign, the General Sans and General Sans Variant, opens as the same. 
And im using several variants of the font.
When i open in Affinity Publisher it opens the IDML file but cant link the fonts. 
I send images how it shows in ID and Affinity. 
 

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Miguel Teixeira

The Affinity applications can’t handle variable fonts.

It has been requested many times but we users have no idea whether it will happen, and Serif have never given any timescales about when it might happen, if it will.

You can search the forums for variable font to see how many posts there have been about it.

[Dan C]

10 minutes ago, GarryP said:

It has been requested many times but we users have no idea whether it will happen, and Serif have never given any timescales about when it might happen, if it will.

Just FYI, as part of the Affinity and Canva Pledge, we have confirmed the following:

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We’re looking forward to accelerating the rollout of highly requested features such as variable font support, blend and width tools, auto object selection, multi-page spreads, ePub export and much more.

These additions will further cement Affinity as the best advanced design suite on the market and will be released over the coming year as free updates to V2

As you've mentioned this is not a definitive timescale, but rest assured we're working to bring this feature to Affinity V2, ASAP

[GarryP]

Thanks Dan, I hadn’t read the recent pledge properly, or just forgot that part.

[lacerto]

13 minutes ago, Dan C said:

These additions will further cement Affinity as the best advanced design suite on the market

This is promise-ware in its purest form. "Further cement" -- the first thing we should see is getting rid of marketing clowns that use these kinds of ballooned phrases that have no ground in reality. But I guess there is plenty left where that came from.

[Miguel Teixeira]

Thanks guys

[Miguel Teixeira]

Is there a workaround i can use? 

[walt.farrell]

2 minutes ago, Miguel Teixeira said:

Is there a workaround i can use? 

About all you can do, if you want to use the Affinity applications, is uninstall the General Sans Variable fonts, and just use General Sans.

[Old Bruce]

4 minutes ago, Miguel Teixeira said:

Is there a workaround i can use? 

You can look for the Static versions of the Variable fonts and install those instead of (meaning remove the Variables from your computer's fonts).

[walt.farrell]

Just now, Old Bruce said:

You can look for the Static versions of the Variable fonts and install those instead of (meaning remove the Variables from your computer's fonts).

From the font list in the first post, both the Static and Variable versions seem to be installed already. So all that should be needed is removing the Variable ones, and making sure that the Static fonts are being used.

[Alfred]

Unless you’re committed to using General Sans, you might like to consider alternatives such as Montserrat or Atkinson Hyperlegible.

[kenmcd]

The variable fonts appear to have a different family name - which is normally the case with most commercial fonts - so they can be installed at the same time as the static fonts. No name conflicts expected.

Google Fonts makes the variable and static family names the same (so they are interchangeable) which can lead to name conflicts if they are both installed at the same time.

So in this case he should be OK with both VF and statics installed.