Bryan Rieger Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 I've noticed some issues with some variable fonts, such as Ohno Softie (Adobe Fonts) where the kerning and tracking is way off from the actual settings. Apple Pages renders the font as you would expect, while Affinity squishes everything (and often inconsistently) together. Example from Apple Pages (above) and the same text in Affinity Designer (below). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted April 26 Staff Share Posted April 26 @Bryan Rieger would it be possible to get a sample document and the exact font you are using. I'm not seeing the same issue as you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rieger Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 (edited) Sure thing @Pauls. I've attached an example file here. FWIW The Example.png file is what I see in Designer using variable fonts (see Example_static.png for static fonts), but I have no idea what is happening with the exported PDF using variable fonts (attached) as the font is the wrong weight—but at least it's legible. The font used is Ohno Softie Variable from Adobe Fonts. Example.afdesign Example.pdf Edited April 26 by Bryan Rieger Added Example_static.png showing same content with a static font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted April 26 Staff Share Posted April 26 thanks - was the font used in a previous version of Designer first (e.g. 2.4)? When I open the file the font is coming up as missing ( despite having the Adobe font installed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rieger Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 Yeah, it was originally created in 2.4. Using the static font. Disabling the static font and then enabling the variable font seems to have caused this problem. I can see folks who have used static versions of fonts in the past wanting to migrate documents to variable versions if possible. Pauls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Good catch, I hadn't tried this yet. Affinity can't find the font and report it as missing while Adobe and Microsoft match it to the variable equivalent. 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 15.0.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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