iMatt Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Any chance that Opentype SVG fonts will be supported in the affinity range anytime soon or at all? Just seeing support in Adobe CC so far. padura 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted February 16, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 16, 2018 We currently have no plans to add this feature but this could change in the future. We already have a few threads in the Feature Request section asking for this to be added. padura 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padura Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 2/16/2018 at 2:14 PM, Leigh said: We currently have no plans to add this feature but this could change in the future. We already have a few threads in the Feature Request section asking for this to be added. what is the situation at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted January 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 7:29 AM, padura said: what is the situation at the moment? Still the same I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomas.CZ Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Leigh said: Still the same I'm afraid. What a shame. Isn't is a time to at least start reconsidering? I mean when talking about SVG color fonts, it's not just those flashy colorful typefaces, but also other types, like those "handwritten" brush typefaces. It's quite nice and there are quite a few fonts available out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted January 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Fantomas.CZ said: What a shame. Isn't is a time to at least start reconsidering? I mean when talking about SVG color fonts, it's not just those flashy colorful typefaces, but also other types, like those "handwritten" brush typefaces. It's quite nice and there are quite a few fonts available out there. I can only make sure your feedback is passed on to the relevant team, which I will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomas.CZ Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, Leigh said: I can only make sure your feedback is passed on to the relevant team, which I will do Thank you Although it's not an everyday thing, I'd love to see this happen in Affinity software (I suppose as the file format is shared, this would need to be introduced into all three apps...). iMatt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milos Micatek Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I can see the preview of the color font in Affinity Designer when I am choosing font but it displays only as black and white outlines... so is that preview means the Affinity team is working on the implementation? 😉 Quote • MM Font Factory • Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 (...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R. Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Two years later and still no support for this?...not good. I am trying to work with Buckwheat SVG in Affinity Photo and Designer and it does not display properly. Please fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Another vote for including SVG support. There is a growing pool of this format of fonts. It's one of the rare things I miss from Illustrator, along with a whole lot I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho22 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Any word on support for SVG fonts yet? Just purchased one only to find out that it doesn't work with my Affinity software! 😥 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorox Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Wouldn't it be a strong sign of the Affinity apps being really competitive if SVG font support – which I'd consider a "hot" feature these days – would be added as quickly as possible? This font technology has been on the market for years now and the number of available SVG fonts seems to increase by the day. Plus you see more of them in actual use ever since if you keep your eyes open. I'd think it's not a good idea to let Adobe still be several steps ahead (in a number of aspects) after the Affinity apps have – luckily and nevertheless – made such a considerable impact with designers all around the world. I understand, though, that Serif is much smaller company than Adobe and surely must direct their available resources to whatever issues and features which are considered most pressing. That said, reliability and stability of the apps on all platforms might be a premier concern. But surely the apps must still appear up-to-date (better still "cutting edge") and thus appealing to technology conscious users. In this respect apps being years behind the market leader as "hot" features are concerned might be seen as a weak and not really living up to their promises. This might ultimately be reason enough for users to ruefully return to the big A even if they initially have loved Affinity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceRay Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) On 9/26/2020 at 1:56 PM, Lorox said: Wouldn't it be a strong sign of the Affinity apps being really competitive if SVG font support – which I'd consider a "hot" feature these days – would be added as quickly as possible? This font technology has been on the market for years now and the number of available SVG fonts seems to increase by the day. Plus you see more of them in actual use ever since if you keep your eyes open. I'd think it's not a good idea to let Adobe still be several steps ahead (in a number of aspects) after the Affinity apps have – luckily and nevertheless – made such a considerable impact with designers all around the world. I understand, though, that Serif is much smaller company than Adobe and surely must direct their available resources to whatever issues and features which are considered most pressing. That said, reliability and stability of the apps on all platforms might be a premier concern. But surely the apps must still appear up-to-date (better still "cutting edge") and thus appealing to technology conscious users. In this respect apps being years behind the market leader as "hot" features are concerned might be seen as a weak and not really living up to their promises. This might ultimately be reason enough for users to ruefully return to the big A even if they initially have loved Affinity... I totally agree with Lorox that it would be very helpful and a strong competitive thing to be able to support SVG color font if Affinity wants to be able to be a good quality and affordable alternative to Photoshop. Please, is there any possible news about this? I think that this is a very important thing considering that there are hundreds of SVG color fonts for sale available specially for designers Thanks very much Edited March 10, 2021 by SpaceRay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsson Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I just wanna cast my vote towards supporting the SVG font format! I just purchased a great font bundle with a lot of textured fonts in SV format, and only just realised that I can't use them in Affinity. Dissapointed, but I love Affinity so please make it possible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank781 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) guys.. think about it ; ) create new pages.doc -> use your svg font -> export as pdf -> click on pdf, open with photo,designer,publisher -> tada' it's magic have fun. Edited November 1, 2021 by Frank781 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joem94 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Please add this Feature, I would like to use this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/2/2020 at 12:39 PM, Milos Micatek said: I can see the preview of the color font in Affinity Designer when I am choosing font but it displays only as black and white outlines... so is that preview means the Affinity team is working on the implementation? 😉 The Mac font picker displays all the kinds of fonts it supports, even in applications which do not support the format. What you see on the ADesigner page is the monochrome fallback font that CC included in the color SVG font (for apps which do not support SVG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopdropmedia Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Another vote for this feature to be added! So disappointing that I can't use my SVG fonts currently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEFIRE Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I really want this ability to, it's not adopted in a lot of apps. but I have a chart that might help everyone see what is supported. but we really need to have some app on. the market other then adobe product support color SVG fonts. its throws off the market and also halters workflow and creativity. image all the good that could come from this, image all the companies and movements that could happen that use affinity nd not adobe. any action has more power then you think. please add this support!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentxyz Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 2/27/2023 at 11:01 AM, LOVEFIRE said: I really want this ability to, it's not adopted in a lot of apps. but I have a chart that might help everyone see what is supported. but we really need to have some app on. the market other then adobe product support color SVG fonts. its throws off the market and also halters workflow and creativity. image all the good that could come from this, image all the companies and movements that could happen that use affinity nd not adobe. any action has more power then you think. please add this support!!! Opentype-SVG also works inside Inkscape. I too would like Affinity Designer 2 to have the same ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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