leeeoooooo Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I am excited by the extended OpenType typography features, but I can't seem to use any of my treasured Adobe Type 1 fonts. Must I convert these fonts to TrueType to use them with the software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Type 1 is much older than OpenType. Do you have any particular reason to think that your Type 1 Fonts include OpenType features? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeeoooooo Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I do NOT think my Type 1 fonts include OpenType features. I would just like to use some of them in my designs. I DO have a couple of Type 1 Multiple Master fonts that have similar features as OpenType Variable fonts but these Multiple Master fonts won't work with the software at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, leeeoooooo said: I do NOT think my Type 1 fonts include OpenType features. I would just like to use some of them in my designs. Thanks for the clarification! I thought you were linking the two things when you wrote 2 hours ago, leeeoooooo said: I am excited by the extended OpenType typography features, but I can't seem to use any of my treasured Adobe Type 1 fonts. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeeoooooo Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I AM excited by the extensive OpenType typography features, but I'm surprised by the lack of support for Adobe Type 1 fonts. I see that the old TrueType fonts are well supported. OpenType fonts enclose either a TrueType font or an Adobe Type 1 font. This is why I'm baffled about the lack of support for Adobe Type 1 fonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 14, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 14, 2018 We do support Type 1 since 1.5.0.22 . What version are you using? Can you please attach the font in question? What software do you use? On what platform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeeoooooo Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 I'm just getting started with Affinity on my MacBook Pro (Mojave). I first noticed the glyphs not showing up in the glyph panel in the Publisher beta v.1.7.0 Just to confirm I checked the glyph panel in Designer v.1.6.1 Might this just be a quirk of the glyph panels? It was the Adobe Woodtype fonts I first saw this with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 14, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 14, 2018 I could not find this font as Adobe Type 1, but only OpenType. If you attach it we can have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 In the Glyph Viewer make sure you don't have anything typed in the search bar. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeeoooooo Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 After some actual experimentation, I have found that Affinity Designer does indeed support my old Adobe Type 1 fonts just as I would expect. Even the instances we have created from our Tekton MM Multiple Master font work well, but they do not show in the glyph viewer. What I saw originally IS (apparently) a quirk of the glyph viewer. No, nothing in the search bar. It shows my newer OpenType Adobe Caslon Pro just fine but shows absolutely nothing when I select my extensive family of Type 1 Adobe Caslon from the viewer's font menu where it sits just above the Adobe Caslon Pro. I'm delighted I can indeed use all my favorite fonts. I look forward to an update to the glyph viewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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