Staff Pauls Posted May 3, 2024 Staff Posted May 3, 2024 could you pop a test document up please @MikeTO Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted May 3, 2024 Staff Posted May 3, 2024 5 minutes ago, Pauls said: could you pop a test document up please @MikeTO It may be that earlier beta documents aren't correctly stored/saved and the correct axes won't show. We'll investigate with your file Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Â
Staff Pauls Posted May 3, 2024 Staff Posted May 3, 2024 we may be excluding the hidden axes from the comparison - does font manager show the font as missing Quote
Affinity-Inspiration Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 Now here's something I didn't spot before. All this talk of Variable Fonts - and how do you spot them in your font list? I finally stumbled on it. Probably been there for years, but I know I'm not the only one because I've seen the question asked before. On the Mac at least, and on Windows, but NOT on the iPad in Affinity Photo, it looks like this. Variable fonts are marked with a V inside a C, and ttf with a T, and non variable Otf with a bit O. Most allow you to Favourite them with the heart - some don't. I've no idea why that is. Cool.  Quote  iPad Mini 6.  256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube. Â
MikeTO Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 15 minutes ago, Pauls said: could you pop a test document up please @MikeTO ytlc.afpub Here you go Pauls 1 Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
MikeTO Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: Now here's something I didn't spot before. All this talk of Variable Fonts - and how do you spot them in your font list? I finally stumbled on it. Probably been there for years, but I know I'm not the only one because I've seen the question asked before. I believe that was added in today's beta. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
MikeTO Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 40 minutes ago, MikeTO said: If you open the variations popup for text that is formatted with a hidden axis (because you imported text that was formatted as such, or in this case, formatted it with the previous beta), some of the regular axes disappear. On the left is Roboto Flex Regular and on the right is text formatted with YTLC - the order of three axes is changed while Grade and Slant are missing entirely. Â Oops, I was being stupid. Left is Roboto, right is Nunito Sans. Excuse me while I take another look at this. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
Affinity-Inspiration Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 1 minute ago, MikeTO said: I believe that was added in today's beta. Well I'll be... that's pretty cool then. I do hope it makes it into the iPad. That would be really useful.  Quote  iPad Mini 6.  256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube. Â
Hangman Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 3 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: Now here's something I didn't spot before. All this talk of Variable Fonts - and how do you spot them in your font list? I finally stumbled on it. Probably been there for years, but I know I'm not the only one because I've seen the question asked before This is indeed new to this Beta, note also the additions at the top of the font dropdown menu which now allow you to filter by True Type, Open Type and Variable Fonts which is an excellent addition... Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Alfred Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 4 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: Variable fonts are marked with a V inside a C I thinking you’ll find that it’s actually a V overlaid on an O.  Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
MikeTO Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 2 minutes ago, MikeTO said: Oops, I was being stupid. Left is Roboto, right is Nunito Sans. Excuse me while I take another look at this. There's no problem here, sorry for the confusion. If text is formatted with a hidden axis then all hidden axes appear. Here's an example doc. hidden axis.afpub Pauls 1 Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
Affinity-Inspiration Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Hangman said: This is indeed new to this Beta, note also the additions at the top of the font dropdown menu which now allow you to filter by True Type, Open Type and Variable Fonts which is an excellent addition... Bonus. I love it. No more scrolling around in the dark hoping for the best. StuartRc, jmwellborn and Hangman 3 Quote  iPad Mini 6.  256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube. Â
MikeTO Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Alfred said: I thinking you’ll find that it’s actually a V overlaid on an O. The OpenType O/V icon would make for an elegant Font Variations icon. Affinityconfusesme, AdamW, Pauls and 1 other 3 1 Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.3, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
Affinity-Inspiration Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 2 minutes ago, Alfred said: I thinking you’ll find that it’s actually a V overlaid on an O.  picky picky 🙂  Alfred 1 Quote  iPad Mini 6.  256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube. Â
Alfred Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 6 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: On the Mac at least, and on Windows, but NOT on the iPad in Affinity Photo, it looks like this.  3 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: Well I'll be... that's pretty cool then. I do hope it makes it into the iPad. That would be really useful.  2 minutes ago, Hangman said: This is indeed new to this Beta, note also the additions at the top of the font dropdown menu which now allow you to filter by True Type, Open Type and Variable Fonts which is an excellent addition... Add me to this list of those who are keen to see the iPad apps brought up to date. Affinity-Inspiration 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Hangman Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 11 minutes ago, MikeTO said: Oops, I was being stupid. Left is Roboto, right is Nunito Sans. Excuse me while I take another look at this. The sliders are correct and as expected for both fonts... Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Affinity-Inspiration Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 6 minutes ago, Alfred said:   Add me to this list of those who are keen to see the iPad apps brought up to date. I was just looking at how to request this myself, but I'm starting to see double... been here too long today. Alfred 1 Quote  iPad Mini 6.  256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube. Â
R C-R Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 So am I still the only one to always see all 13 axes in Roboto Flex? Quote All 3Â 1.10.8, &Â all 3Â V2.5.7Â Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3Â V2Â apps for iPad;Â 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
R C-R Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 I'm no longer sure where I should be reporting/following bug reports related to variable fonts, but I just checked in the new 2430 beta & the crash still occurs if a Font Book collection includes variable fonts & that is selected in the Character panel. Quote All 3Â 1.10.8, &Â all 3Â V2.5.7Â Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3Â V2Â apps for iPad;Â 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Affinity-Inspiration Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 1 minute ago, R C-R said: So am I still the only one to always see all 13 axes in Roboto Flex? I've got 5. Always just had 5. on Mac. and 5 on Windows 11, and 10. And the Same on the iPad. R C-R 1 Quote  iPad Mini 6.  256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube. Â
Staff Pauls Posted May 3, 2024 Staff Posted May 3, 2024 does it still happen if you start from scratch with a new document? Quote
Hangman Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 Feature Request... Would it be possible to add a similar feature to filter by True Type, Open Type and Variable Fonts to the Text Style Editor via the adjacent dropdown, i.e., add 'Variable' to the list which already includes 'Recent' and 'Favourite' and ideally add the same filter option now available in the Context toolbar to the font dropdown in the Character panel... StuartRc, Pauls and Alfred 3 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 9 minutes ago, R C-R said: So am I still the only one to always see all 13 axes in Roboto Flex? I believe on Mac, yes but I still see all 13 on Windows in the Text Style Editor but I don't believe that was an expected fix for this release... Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
garrettm30 Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Hangman said: Would it be possible to add a similar feature to filter by True Type, Open Type and Variable Fonts to the Text Style Editor via the adjacent dropdown, i.e., add 'Variable' to the list which already includes 'Recent' and 'Favourite' and ideally add the same filter option now available in the Context toolbar to the font dropdown in the Character panel... Yes, as well as the new icon about font type that just got added to the main font dropdown. Please also add that to the font selection in the Text Style Editor. That’s where I pick fonts most often, and currently there is no way to tell the difference. Hangman and Alfred 2 Quote
Hangman Posted May 3, 2024 Posted May 3, 2024 Could anyone on Mac confirm whether they still see this issue in the latest Beta... I don't believe it's been logged yet so curious to know if the issue is resolved... Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3027 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3027 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
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