Barry Mieny Posted January 5 Posted January 5 As mentioned in a previous beta thread, the kerning for variable fonts seem to use the kerning values from the regular weight for all weights. In the release notes for build 2900, it indicates that "Custom Variable font is using the wrong kerning value in Affinity [AF-3768]" has been fixed. This is not correct, as I'm seeing the exact same behaviour in build 2984 as I'm seeing in version 2.5.7. Attached examples show the correct kerning in black (screenshot from website) and the red outlines show the behaviour in the 2.6.0 beta as described above. Quote
Staff Gabe Posted January 10 Staff Posted January 10 That fix was for a specific font. We would need your font to see what's going on. https://www.dropbox.com/request/zdVo7oYjP6thLwqScPvq eWalthert 2 Quote
Barry Mieny Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 @Gabe Thanks for looking. The fonts were listed in the earlier post, but I've also uploaded them to your Dropbox request. eWalthert 1 Quote
eWalthert Posted Sunday at 11:04 AM Posted Sunday at 11:04 AM I will upload some fonts too. It seems like all variable fonts have this issue, but some show it more clearly than others. This really should be fixed as soon as possible. Quote
eWalthert Posted Sunday at 12:16 PM Posted Sunday at 12:16 PM Here are screenshots of two fonts and their behaviour in Affinity. The thinner and thicker cuts of the fonts are using the Kerning of the Regular cut. In these cases, the issues are not as glaring as they are with @Hex’s Franklin Typeface. In the overlay images, `pink` is as supposed, `cyan` what affinity does. The black and white screenshots are Affinity above, TextEdit below. I will upload both fonts and the screenshots into the DropBox folder linked above, assuming these typefaces will not be shared otherwise. Quote
Staff Gabe Posted Monday at 09:23 AM Staff Posted Monday at 09:23 AM Thanks. We will have a look eWalthert 1 Quote
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted Monday at 09:42 AM Staff Posted Monday at 09:42 AM An issue raised in this thread ("Kerning not correct for specific variable fonts - AVALT and NNArosa") has now been reported to the developers by the testing team (Ref: AF-5518). Thank you very much for reporting this issue to us. eWalthert 1 Quote
eWalthert Posted Monday at 01:09 PM Posted Monday at 01:09 PM 3 hours ago, Affinity Info Bot said: An issue raised in this thread ("Kerning not correct for specific variable fonts - AVALT and NNArosa") has now been reported to the developers by the testing team (Ref: AF-5518). Thank you very much for reporting this issue to us. I am slightly irritated by the “specific variable fonts” part of the title. It is ALL variable fonts, except the ones that are multiplexed or share the same kerning in all weights or have no kerning at all. Enclosed a screenshot of IBM Plex with static weights (cyan) and the Variable version (red), on top of each other. Quote
Barry Mieny Posted Monday at 02:20 PM Author Posted Monday at 02:20 PM I share your frustration, since this should address it for all variable fonts. This feels like adding fixes upon fixes. What is even weirder to me is that the mentioned ticket doesn't even include the font I started the thread with. SMH woefi 1 Quote
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