MikeW Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 25 minutes ago, LondonSquirrel said: ... [Serif] would have to write a text engine from scratch to do it. No doubt they have looked at it and decided it not a priority for them. ... Serif already writes its own text engine. Which is one reason progress is complicated and involves time, not only for rtl languages, but also for complex ltr languages. Adobe also has written its own text engine...but even they had to recently incorporate Harfbuzz for the more complex ltr languages. It's not a small task. Serif will eventually handle some complex ltr and rtl languages. ohregny and Patrick Connor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Doyle Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Please support Arabic language. This was be requested many time from long time and till now the apps not support RTL The problem that their answer: it won't be any time soon. There are many Arabic users who use this applications; I think this feature should be in the high priority. Thanks ohregny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed Salem Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 2/2/2019 at 1:13 PM, MEB said: Hi Amr, Welcome to Affinity Forums As said in the original post this is something we do plan to implement but not in the short/medium term. There's still a lot of work in other areas that must be done first, sorry. Just red this answer now. I was actually a big fan of affinity but after this answer. you should remove this Guy from your team. very strange answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Ahmed Salem said: you should remove this Guy from your team. Why? It's the answer given consistently by all the members of the team. And it's the answer you do not want to accept. Patrick Connor, PaoloT and garrettm30 2 1 Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.3. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weby Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Scribus 1.5.5 is now released, with full RTL support. https://www.scribus.net/new-text-layout-engine-with-full-opentype-support/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaher Houlayhel Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Adding to all the voices on this thread and others in regard to RTL [Arabic] support. Lack of RTL support is THE ONLY reason i still haven't invested switching to Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klm.ny Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Zaher Houlayhel said: Adding to all the voices on this thread and others in regard to RTL [Arabic] support. Lack of RTL support is THE ONLY reason i still haven't invested switching to Affinity. Me too. it's bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tia Lapis Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 RTL support is easy, the problem is languages using these so called complex scripts instead of simple letters. Just stop using this insane stuff and the problem goes away. There is a reason no one is using hieroglyphics today. Quote Mac mini M1 / Ryzen 5600H & RTX3050 mobile / iPad Pro 1st - all with latest non beta release of Affinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klm.ny Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, Tia Lapis said: RTL support is easy, the problem is languages using these so called complex scripts instead of simple letters. Just stop using this insane stuff and the problem goes away. There is a reason no one is using hieroglyphics today. Your right about Arabic, but Hebrew is not a "complex script" at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tia Lapis Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Well don't take it wrong but I don't think there is a huge market for Hebrew supporting software. But has anyone asked Serif if such simple rtl support would be easier and faster to implement? From a technical look it should be easy when there are no special cases that have to be taken care of. Quote Mac mini M1 / Ryzen 5600H & RTX3050 mobile / iPad Pro 1st - all with latest non beta release of Affinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonSquirrel Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Tia Lapis said: RTL support is easy, the problem is languages using these so called complex scripts instead of simple letters. Just stop using this insane stuff and the problem goes away. There is a reason no one is using hieroglyphics today. Are you proposing to tell a few hundred million people to change the way they write? Arabic and derivative alphabets cannot be compared with hieroglyphics. Letters are not pictograms. For information, the Persian derivative language Tajiki is written in Cyrillic while previously it was written in Perso-Arabic, and then Latin. This change was not particularly welcome at the time. Meanwhile 'hieroglyphics' are in use today in the form of road signs. klm.ny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 29, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2020 @Tia Lapis There is almost no other way to take this than wrong. Please step away from this thread. You not wanting or seeing the need for something is not a reason to post in any suggestion thread, and to dismiss someone's choice of language is astounding. Do not reply to me, just step away. Thank you. klm.ny and Weekend 2 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 29, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2020 @LondonSquirrel Sorry our posts crossed. Please don't engage in this subject with @Tia Lapis this is not open for discussion Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
影月 零 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Sorry to just bump, but having Hebrew support is a priority for me and my team. We'd purchase 3 copies of the whole suite today if it was supported as it's one of the 3 target languages we work in. Really hoping the devs put a little more priority on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvyndito Bisma Nugraha Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 @Patrick Connor Hello, I was wondering is it support plugin/some sort of add on in affinity? And how to create it if you know something about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 19, 2021 Staff Share Posted March 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Arvyndito Bisma Nugraha said: I was wondering is it support plugin/some sort of add on in affinity? And how to create it if you know something about it? Hi, There is no plugin/add in technology yet no, sorry Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoramS Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 It's an app that works independent of affinity. From what I saw, it also support other software that has the same issue with RTL writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvyndito Bisma Nugraha Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: Hi, There is no plugin/add in technology yet no, sorry I see, it's okay. Keep up about affinity, I appreciate from affinity team's hardwork 👍 Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arikg Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 3/19/2021 at 9:31 AM, YoramS said: It's an app that works independent of affinity. From what I saw, it also support other software that has the same issue with RTL writing. Hi, The app is independent. Published by ArtWayz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 VectorStyler now starts supporting RTL.https://www.vectorstyler.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonSquirrel Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 31 minutes ago, ashf said: https://www.vectorstyler.com/ According to the VectorStyler web site, information posted today shows that RTL mode is 'still beta'. Fine. I did set the paragraph options to RTL, using a font with RTL characteristics, and other options including language, but the result is not very good. Sure it's RTL, but it's not acceptable for Perso-Arabic except for crosswords. It may work for Hebrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, LondonSquirrel said: According to the VectorStyler web site, information posted today shows that RTL mode is 'still beta'. Fine. I did set the paragraph options to RTL, using a font with RTL characteristics, and other options including language, but the result is not very good. Sure it's RTL, but it's not acceptable for Perso-Arabic except for crosswords. It may work for Hebrew. Actually RTL support was requested just a month ago. and it's already implemented though it's not solid yet. Unbelievable speed of development, isn't it? If you're interested in it, just report a problem or request a change on their forum. Often they will implement them within in a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonSquirrel Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, ashf said: it's not solid yet It's unusable for Arabic and derivatives. 10 minutes ago, ashf said: Unbelievable speed of development, isn't it? Sure. For something which does not work, it's pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arikg Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 7 hours ago, ashf said: VectorStyler now starts supporting RTL.https://www.vectorstyler.com/ 7 hours ago, LondonSquirrel said: According to the VectorStyler web site, information posted today shows that RTL mode is 'still beta'. Fine. I did set the paragraph options to RTL, using a font with RTL characteristics, and other options including language, but the result is not very good. Sure it's RTL, but it's not acceptable for Perso-Arabic except for crosswords. It may work for Hebrew. I tested RTL Fixer by ArtWayz in VectorStyler with Hebrew and Arabic and it worked. I just needed to add the app name to the app list that RTL Fixer need to interact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafika Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 9 hours ago, LondonSquirrel said: According to the VectorStyler web site, information posted today shows that RTL mode is 'still beta'. Fine. I did set the paragraph options to RTL, using a font with RTL characteristics, and other options including language, but the result is not very good. Sure it's RTL, but it's not acceptable for Perso-Arabic except for crosswords. It may work for Hebrew. Some script or language specific OpenType features must be enabled in the Typography panel: here it looks like the Medial Forms from the Contextual group were not enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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