harbortype Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 The language dropdown of my Character panel only shows English, Portuguese and Spanish. Is there a way to add more languages to it? For me, this is not about spelling, but language features that are built into OpenType fonts. (I’m a type designer and I use Affinity Designer to make the promotional images for my fonts, btw.) For example, this is some of the OpenType code that is present in the locl feature of my fonts. These substitutions only happen when the language of the text is set to Dutch, Catalan and Romanian, respectively. If the glyph doesn’t have a Unicode assigned (which is the case of iacute_j.loclNLD), there is no way for me to input it into AD. And while we’re here, any chance on getting a Glyphs panel? Quote Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harbortype Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 Is there a way to add more languages to it? Ok, I’ve found out there is a way to add more languages to it. AD populates that dropdown according to the languages I’ve checked on the spelling options of System Preferences. While I see the reason for this, it would be nice to have more languages available by default without requiring me to change my global spelling options. Quote Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harbortype Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 For example, this is some of the OpenType code that is present in the locl feature of my fonts. These substitutions only happen when the language of the text is set to Dutch, Catalan and Romanian, respectively. If the glyph doesn’t have a Unicode assigned (which is the case of iacute_j.loclNLD), there is no way for me to input it into AD. Following up in this topic, I’ve found out Affinity Designer doesn’t honour the locl OpenType feature. This is how it behaves in Adobe apps: matisso 1 Quote Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiobik Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I can't believe that Affinity Apps still don't support the [locl] OpenType feature after almost 6 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dave Harris Posted February 18, 2022 Staff Share Posted February 18, 2022 Have you looked at Languages section in the Character panel? The Typography script and Typography language fields? Do they not work for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harbortype Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 The locl feature works for me by either setting the spelling language or setting both the typography script and language. Quote Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiobik Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I tried two fonts and the feature doesn't work for them. Just tried another font and it works. It seems there is something wrong with those font files. Sorry for the rush, thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 hours ago, obiobik said: I tried two fonts and the feature doesn't work for them. Just tried another font and it works. It seems there is something wrong with those font files. Which fonts were you testing? And what was the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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