Staff Gabe Posted April 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted April 30, 2018 I believe the Unlinked Text frame is because both text tools are technically the same, one being constrained within a box(frame text tool), probably with a tag in the code, while the other one is not. If this applies to the symbols, then the "tag being off" for the artistic text would be the Unlinked attribute. The symbol might look for all the attributes, and if any are "disabled" - Artistic text, it will display the unlinked "error". frankstallone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, GabrielM said: I believe the Unlinked Text frame is because both text tools are technically the same, one being constrained within a box(frame text tool), probably with a tag in the code, while the other one is not. If this applies to the symbols, then the "tag being off" for the artistic text would be the Unlinked attribute. The symbol might look for all the attributes, and if any are "disabled" - Artistic text, it will display the unlinked "error". But that does not explain why for Frame text in a symbol there is no popup advisory saying it has an Unlinked Text frame or a dashed line indicating that it does. Both Art & Frame text should be the same, right? frankstallone 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted April 30, 2018 I believe it's more to do in the "back end code" and how the software treats the text. The Frame text will have a solid line as it's fully synced. The artistic text I believe it's just a "Text frame with a frame=disabled tag( back-end), therefore the dashed line and the "unlinked attribute: Frame text " (front end). It's just a thought. Will log this as an improvement with our devs in the meantime. R C-R, frankstallone and firstdefence 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 This is an old thread, but I am having an issue that symbols become un-synced (dashed line) but I never touch the sync button. Something to do with assigning global colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted April 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Cobalt said: This is an old thread, but I am having an issue that symbols become un-synced (dashed line) but I never touch the sync button. Something to do with assigning global colors. I suggest you start a new thread in the relevant section (Release or beta) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alixnight Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I know this topic is from last year but I have a solution and what causes desync of symbols for me. First, what most commonly causes desync of symbols for me is when I change the DPI of the file and resize it. Specifically this usually causes any line settings such as thickness, style, or otherwise to lose sync. What I've found that fixes this for me is I make the changes I'd like to propagate across the symbols to the element that's not syncing then I duplicate that element and delete the original. The duplicate gets propagated across all the symbols and includes your changes and will continue to sync from that point forward. So any changes you make it to the object will now sync across all the symbols. I thought I'd post a reply in case it could help someone. I know I've spent hours trying to figure out a fix. frankstallone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 16, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 On 10/9/2019 at 6:56 PM, Alixnight said: First, what most commonly causes desync of symbols for me is when I change the DPI of the file and resize it. Specifically this usually causes any line settings such as thickness, style, or otherwise to lose sync. Hi @Alixnight, Welcome to the forums. Any steps to replicate this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alixnight Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, GabrielM said: Hi @Alixnight, Welcome to the forums. Any steps to replicate this? @GabrielMThanks for the reply. All I have to do is change the DPI of the file in the documents setting panel and the line formatting in my symbols bracks. I included a test file with my symbol in it so you can try out what I did. I've also included a file with the symbols already broken. test_symbols.afdesign test_symbols_broken.afdesign Edit: Oh, I almost forgot. This happens on Windows and iOS. Edited October 16, 2019 by Alixnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 17, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 17, 2019 I still don't see this happening here. Can you attach a screen recording, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alixnight Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 @Gabe Thanks for replying to me. I've been quite busy otherwise I would have replied sooner. I've attached the video you asked for. Also, as I recorded this I found the exact step where the break happens. It's when I undo past the dpi change. broken_symbols.m4v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 31, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 31, 2019 Thanks. I managed to replicate it now, but the key step was the Undo step, which was missing from your first 2 posts. This is the reason why we always ask people to read our guidelines on how to report a bug - https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/71-bug-reporting/. Alixnight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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