evilmandarine Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Hello, Until version 2.5.7 fonts such as Frutiger 57 condensed were working fine in Affinity Publisher. In version 2.6.0, some characters are not showing correctly anymore. Before After This is not happening with other programs/applications, and was working perfectly before the update. It is impacting old and new documents. Any idea what is the cause of this, and whether there is a workaround? For now I just reworked the document with a font that does not have the issue (Fira code). Thank you! Quote
MikeTO Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Hi @evilmandarine and welcome to the forums. What format is the font? Which company made it and what version is it? There is a known issue with PostScript Type 1 fonts in 2.6.0 and perhaps this is the same issue or a related one. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-6042 Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.6 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.6 for macOS Sequoia 15.5, MacBook Pro (M4 Pro) and iPad Air (M2)
evilmandarine Posted February 28 Author Posted February 28 Hi Mike, I am not 100% sure but almost that indeed this is a PS font. It might be the same issue then. If this helps, the fonts with the issue do not appear in LibreOffice Writer, but they do work correctly in other software such as Wordpad (Windows). I'll follow the other issues and wait for a fix then, thank you. Quote
evilmandarine Posted April 2 Author Posted April 2 (edited) Hello, this is still happening in new 2.6.2 version. If it is the same issue as in the link above, is there a way to have an idea of the resolution date? The workaround is I had to change all impacted documents to Fira Sans Condensed police manually... Thanks! Edited April 2 by evilmandarine Quote
walt.farrell Posted April 3 Posted April 3 20 hours ago, evilmandarine said: is there a way to have an idea of the resolution date? Unfortunately, the Developers do not communicate that kind of information. The Affinity Info Bot will post to one of the tagged topics when it is resolved, which will likely be in a beta release. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.4
walt.farrell Posted April 8 Posted April 8 On 2/28/2025 at 5:06 PM, evilmandarine said: I am not 100% sure but almost that indeed this is a PS font. It might be the same issue then. It would be useful if you could confirm that it's a PS font. Mike asked about what version of the font you have, and who manufactured it. With that information someone might be able to confirm what it is, and whether you have the same issue that is already known. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.4
kenmcd Posted April 8 Posted April 8 On 2/28/2025 at 8:06 AM, evilmandarine said: Frutiger 57 condensed Those antique Type 1 fonts were converted to OTF in 1999. Since they have been around for about 25 years they are fairly easy to find. Sent you a test link via PM. If it works, your problem is the font. Those old initial Type 1 conversions are very minimal fonts. A minimal character set, and a bit of legacy kerning, and that is it. There are many newer versions which are much better. Full character sets. Lots of OpenType features. Full OpenType kerning. And made in this century. Note: Adobe Font Folio 11 has the sort of next generation of the OpenType versions. Includes Frutiger LT Std family (which is a step up from minimal conversions). Quote
evilmandarine Posted June 13 Author Posted June 13 Hello @walt.farrell, @kenmcd, Sorry for the late reply. I have these fonts from a CD which dates from before 2000. I got that from a graphic designer. I have no idea of the details about the font. The point is that stopped working at some point (v2.6), so that was a regression, since it was working on 2.5.x. As of version 2.6.3, it seems to be working again ✔️ Let's hope it does not break again. In any case, thank you for your help! walt.farrell 1 Quote
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