Designer: Angled/Calligraphic Brush?

[nikki.m]

I'm trying to look for an angled/tilted brush for hand writing with my pen tablet. I know it sounds extremely simple – it's one of the default brushes on Adobe Illustrator – but I can't seem to find it on Affinity Designer.

 

Everything is rounded... Some taper off a the ends. But none are actually angled. Please help!

 

 

 

 

[Lee D]

Hi nikki.m

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

If you switch to the Pixel persona the brush tools have options to adjust the shape, rotation and other dynamics of the brushes. Our devs have plans to include a Calligraphic line tool sometime in the future.

 

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[mak]

It's absolutely needed. It gives great control of calligraphic shapes.

Thank you so much.

[mlsgvrc]

Is there any news on this? This feature would make me switch completely from illustrator. 

[pxin]

Would also love this option, is there any possibility of it in a future update?

[DesignerDude]

id be looking forward to this alot!

[firstdefence]

The Illustrator Artistic Calligraphic brushes look like this...

 

[Ben Frank Art]

Also, if the calligraphy brush could support tilt and rotation that would be fantastic. Vector please.

[joreku]

Yes indeed - that would be great !

[Federico M.]

Yes I need Calligraphic brushes too!!! I used them so much in illustrator.
And affinity is a real competitor because is very easy and smart. I hope could fix some little problems and needs.

[Matthieu Cannavo]

I’m new to Affinity and I subscribe to everything I read on this page. A calligraphic brush is a must have! I really wish I could totally give out Illustrator to Designer, I hope that this would be implemented soon...

[Sir Doyle]

Please we need this feature

[firstdefence]

Are we "in the future" yet? 🤔

[paul_aitch]

Just bought designer and the first thing I wanted was a Calligraphy pen. Not there. Please add it a soon as poss.

[MarekGFX]

Hi guys, any update on this? The thread was posted in 2016, no change after 4 years?

[Cantisani]

Another vote for calligraphy vector brushes..

[Mr. Doodlezz]

Hey everyone,

here's another vote for vector-based calligraphy brushes.
These are essential for creating fonts – switching to Pixel Persona,
as @Lee D mentioned, is therefore not a suitable workaround in this case.

Greetings and a happy new year
MrDoodlezz

[Sumit Gupta]

I think we need a guide for how to make a calligraphic brush in Affinity Designer, that should give us a start. Anyone?

[Mr. Doodlezz]

On 1/13/2021 at 1:17 AM, Sumit Gupta said:

I think we need a guide for how to make a calligraphic brush in Affinity Designer, that should give us a start. Anyone?

Hey Sumit Gupta,

that's the problem: it's just not possible to create a vector-based calligraphy tip that behaves exactly as if you were drawing with a quill.
If I'm talking about calligraphy I understand it as a flat tip drawn at a fixed angle, as opposed to drawing with a brush tip that changes in width and angle.

Illustrator has had a solution for this for a long time, where you can define the fixed angle of the tip.

I just found this site while searching for a visual representation like this:

Cheers
MrDoodlezz

[Alfred]

2 hours ago, MrDoodlezz said:

Illustrator has had a solution for this for a long time, where you can define the fixed angle of the tip.

Serif’s very own DrawPlus offers calligraphic line styles. I’d love to see this added to Affinity Designer sooner rather than later.

[Brian M]

Putting in another vote for supporting calligraphic brushes.  Really, all we need is non-rotating brushes.  I really hope it doesn't take another 4.5 years to implement it.

[Amvjb]

+1 Need Calligraphic brushes !!

 

[PhilOsborne]

Definitely needed … there are brushes in Designer that confusingly give the impression they are calligraphic by their previews, but the variation in width is actually based on pressure using a pen/tablet … vector lines whose width changes based on a consistent angle would be much more precise, and useful!

[Chumo]

Another vote here! Ability to do calligraphic vector lines (and proper free warping of vector shapes) would be the last piece of the puzzle for me to bin off illustrator all together for comics lettering on the iPad in designer. 

[evgenykochetkov]

Putting in another vote for calligraphic brushes support. I was very surprised by the absence of this feature.