R C-R Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Personally, I think everyone's take on this is berry, berry good. Alfred and jmwellborn 2 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...
A_B_C Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Regarding the original question, you must have in mind that the relatively marked stroke contrast between the uppercase and the lowercase glyphs is a feature of many modern interpretations of Garamond, but it depends. Here are a few of the Garamonds on my hard drive: If you really want to use Garamond (or rather “a Garamond,” however this is to be understood), I would perhaps search for an interpretation where the contrast is acceptable for you. Just head over to your favourite font provider and search for “Garamond.” https://cdncms.fonts.net/documents/a0a1c46fe9cea024/ILGaramond.pdf jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella HB Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Thanks ABC - Garamond Pro looks pretty good - really appreciate all the advice guys, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 By the way, have you see Georg Duffner’s EB Garamond? http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/index.html It could be another free alternative. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella HB Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Fabulous! Thanks ABC. Have sent a pdf version to my printer today. Would you like to be kept up to date? Also have emailed my poet's mum about the edit - which of course I will HAVE to update you all on - sure you're all DYING to know how that turns out jmwellborn and A_B_C 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, Stella HB said: sure you're all DYING to know how that turns out I hope you manage to let us know before we’re berried! jmwellborn, R C-R and A_B_C 3 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...
Stella HB Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Mum has emailed to say that the poet meant 'buried' but also wouldn't mind rowan-berried. I've decided to go with buried. Thanks for all the advice on this one! jmwellborn and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 7 hours ago, Stella HB said: Would you like to be kept up to date? Yes, I would love to see how your project turned out … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella HB Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 Dear God in heaven. My printer sent me a test page. How can anyone work in that font?! I've done the ugly hack as recommended by Joachim and sent it back to her. It looks better on screen so hopefully will look better printed too. I did look at some alternate fonts and downloaded the Coromorant one (doesn't seem to have a q in Affinity...) but I don't have six weeks to mess around with font!. Thanks all. I very much appreciate all your support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Stella HB said: Dear God in heaven. My printer sent me a test page. How can anyone work in that font?! I've done the ugly hack as recommended by Joachim and sent it back to her. It looks better on screen so hopefully will look better printed too. I did look at some alternate fonts and downloaded the Coromorant one (doesn't seem to have a q in Affinity...) but I don't have six weeks to mess around with font!. Thanks all. I very much appreciate all your support! "Doesn't seem to have a q?" The font doesn't? I use Cormorant as my default font, and have just typed q's in gay abandon on a test page. What "q?" in Affinity do you mean? I must be extremely dense today. Alfred 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 49 minutes ago, jmwellborn said: I must be extremely dense today. Moi aussi ! ”I’m sorry, I haven’t a q!!” Wosven, A_B_C and jmwellborn 3 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...
jmwellborn Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Sooooooo disappointed! I was waiting for the "gay abandon" riposte. Oh well. We dodged Hurricane Dorian and are now having a bright blue, not-a-leaf-stirring day. Can't have everything!! Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 minute ago, jmwellborn said: We dodged Hurricane Dorian Glad to hear it, Jennifer! I thought I remembered your having indicated previously that you’re in the general area where the hurricane was headed. 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...
jmwellborn Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alfred said: Glad to hear it, Jennifer! I thought I remembered your having indicated previously that you’re in the general area where the hurricane was headed. Thank you, Alfred. Actually, we are inland about 167 miles west-northwest from Charleston SC. When hurricanes come up the eastern coast they often reach Charleston and then make a turn, either to our direction or to the north-northeast. Thirty years ago, the trees in our town were demolished by Hurricane Hugo, which took an abrupt and unpredicted turn and thundered through the countryside and thwacked us at 100 mph. Smidges of green leaves were permanently embedded in every window frame. Many neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC were badly damaged by winds of 90 mph. Dorian had such a massive eye, and was traveling so slowly and with such a high wind speed that we were either going to be spared or smooshed. As it was, the sky was ominous all day, clouds raced by, but the wind never materialized to more than about 12 mph with slightly stronger gusts. All and sundry are hugely relieved and extremely sorry for the poor souls in the Bahamas!! Jennifer Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, jmwellborn said: Thank you, Alfred. Actually, we are inland about 167 miles west-northwest from Charleston SC. When hurricanes come up the eastern coast they often reach Charleston and then make a turn, either to our direction or to the north-northeast. Thirty years ago, the trees in our town were demolished by Hurricane Hugo, which took an abrupt and unpredicted turn and thundered through the countryside and thwacked us at 100 mph. Smidges of green leaves were permanently embedded in every window frame. Many neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC were badly damaged by winds of 90 mph. Dorian had such a massive eye, and was traveling so slowly and with such a high wind speed that we were either going to be spared or smooshed. As it was, the sky was ominous all day, clouds raced by, but the wind never materialized to more than about 12 mph with slightly stronger gusts. All and sundry are hugely relieved and extremely sorry for the poor souls in the Bahamas!! Jennifer Thanks for filling me in on the details! 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...
Stella HB Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Hi all. Hooray for an ugly fix! Today I will be mostly reducing capital letters to 85%... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, Stella HB said: I will be mostly reducing capital letters to 85%... Size, opacity? 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...
Stella HB Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Dunno. Whatever Joachim said, above. I'll be looking it up presently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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