Greg Hartwick Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I’ve loaded a new ttf font (from Dafont.com) - it shows up in word processor app, and Profiles, does not appear in iPad Designer or Photo fonts list. I’ve loaded many fonts from this source, never had this problem. I’ve restarted apps, I rebooted pad, deleted profile and reinstalled - no help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris26 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 This is a quote/reply from Alfred on this forum to the same question I had weeks ago. Bahnschrift is a variable font. This is a relatively new kind of font (where multiple styles are defined within a single font file instead of each style being defined in a separate file) and the Affinity apps don’t yet support them. Is your font a variable font? Quote Microsoft - Like entering your home and opening the stainless steel kitchen door, with a Popup: 'Do you really want to open this door'? Then looking for the dishwasher and finding it stored in the living room where you have to download a water supply from the app store, then you have to buy microsoft compliant soap, remove the carpet only to be told that it is glued to the floor.. Don't forget to make multiple copies of your front door key and post them to all who demand access to all the doors inside your home including the windows and outside shed. Apple - Like entering your home and opening the oak framed Kitchen door and finding the dishwasher right in front you ready to be switched on, soap supplied, and water that comes through a water softener. Ah the front door key is yours and it only needs to open the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hartwick Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 No, it appears (in the word processor) to have only one type. It’s an old cartoon like font (‘Keep On Truckin’) with only upper case and lower case . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, Greg Hartwick said: It’s an old cartoon like font (‘Keep On Truckin’) I’ve downloaded and installed it here — groovy, baby! — and I can confirm that it doesn’t show up in the Affinity for iPad apps. It works as expected in the Windows desktop versions of the apps. 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...
Greg Hartwick Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 One more thing for the puzzle. I said it worked in a word processor (Pages), so I typed a couple of letters, copied them to the clipboard, and then pasted it into an Affinity Photo file. Surprise, it works in a Photo file (the name appears in the font window). So, I’ve got a ‘work-around ‘ but I hate not knowing why it’s still not on the list. This does not work for Designer (surprise?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 51 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: I’ve downloaded and installed it here — groovy, baby! — and I can confirm that it doesn’t show up in the Affinity for iPad apps. It works as expected in the Windows desktop versions of the apps. Alfred, it may be it needs fixing, date and all the other metadata. I don't have an iAnything to try. You've got FC. Maybe try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 33 minutes ago, Greg Hartwick said: One more thing for the puzzle. I said it worked in a word processor (Pages), so I typed a couple of letters, copied them to the clipboard, and then pasted it into an Affinity Photo file. Surprise, it works in a Photo file (the name appears in the font window). So, I’ve got a ‘work-around ‘ but I hate not knowing why it’s still not on the list. This does not work for Designer (surprise?). Pasting works in Photo, but the name doesn’t appear where it should when I scroll down the list; ‘Paste Style’ should also work, but it has no effect. I can confirm that none of the above works in Designer, where all of the pasting options are greyed out. 11 minutes ago, MikeW said: Alfred, it may be it needs fixing, date and all the other metadata. I don't have an iAnything to try. You've got FC. Maybe try? I’m on my iPad at the moment, Mike, but I’ll take a look next time I’m back on my Windows machine. 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...
DM1 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Will it install using something like Anyfont? Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hartwick Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 AnyFont is the app that I used. The installation works fine - all iOS programs can see it. Affinity Photo and Designer can’t recognize the font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, MikeW said: Alfred, it may be it needs fixing, date and all the other metadata. I don't have an iAnything to try. You've got FC. Maybe try? 21 hours ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: I’m on my iPad at the moment, Mike, but I’ll take a look next time I’m back on my Windows machine. Well, FC turned up a few validation errors, but nothing serious. However, the PANOSE data looks decidedly odd: Here's the PANOSE data for Weedy Beasties NF: Update: Applying the PANOSE settings from Weedy Beasties NF to a copy of Keep on Truckin’ FW gives me a font which is usable in the Affinity on iPad apps. Edited December 3, 2018 by αℓƒяє∂ Added new information MikeW 1 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...
Greg Hartwick Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Alfred, it looks like you have a fix for this font. Is there any way I can fix my copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I’ve just sent you a PM with a download link. 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...
Greg Hartwick Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Alfred, thank you very much! It works perfectly in both apps. So, it was a ‘defective’ font file (or is it an Affinity issue?). Does this happen very often? I’ve been downloading fonts from dafont for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Greg Hartwick said: Alfred, thank you very much! You’re very welcome, Greg. Quote It works perfectly in both apps. Glad to hear it (albeit not particularly surprised, since I found the same). Quote So, it was a ‘defective’ font file (or is it an Affinity issue?). It was defective: as you can see from my screenshot, not only were there zeroes for most of the entries which should define various characteristics of the font, but the ‘Weight’ entry was completely blank. It seems that some apps cope with such defects more gracefully than others! Quote Does this happen very often? Not in my experience (or yours, apparently). Quote I’ve been downloading fonts from dafont for years. Me too. 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...
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