Iinstalled Affinity Photo on my new desktop and the font family Bahnschrift seems to not display it's different styles. When I open other programs like Clip Studio Paint, the different font styles such as bold and semi-bold are available. In Affinity Photo, it shows that I have multiple styles available but they all are "Regular." I try choosing different styles and they all are the same regular font.
I tried installing the font after downloading it online but it seemed to already be in Windows Fonts. It showed that there were 30 font styles available in Affinity Photo which seemed odd. I tried uninstalling the font Windows Font Settings which reduced the font styles available in Affinity Photo to 15. These styles still show as regular font styles. I also attempted deleting the font from control panel fonts and importing the fonts again. I'm really confused as Affinity Photo seems to be the only program that can't seem to read the different font styles, unlike Clip Studio or Word. Is there anything I might be missing that could solve this issue?
Just wanted to add my support for this topic. I've been trying out the free trial for Designer and Publisher, and was hoping to finally move away from Adobe, but just discovered this issue with variable fonts.
Everything in the industry right now is pointing towards variable fonts becoming the norm, not the exception - Google Fonts, for instance, no longer offers individual weights if a variable version is available. So if you wanted to download, say, Playfair Display SemiBold, won't get Playfair Display SemiBold. You'll ONLY get the variable version, which Affinity will only be able to display as Regular. Because Affinity doesn't support variables, I would be forced to hunt down the individual styles on different, more questionable font sites. And this isn't just an issue when downloading new fonts; it also poses problems with file compatibility, such as when I need to work with other designers' files that contain variables. I'd also be limiting my pool of resources in the future as more and more foundries pivot to variable.
Variable fonts are no longer emerging technology - they're becoming industry standard. I would love to make a full switch to Affinity, but this gap would have me stuck relying on workarounds, doing extra legwork to fix compatibility issues, and clinging to old technology while new ones pass me by. I don't think any designer should have to do that for variable fonts in 2022.
Actually, on that Google Fonts page, you should see (at least on a computer browser) a "Download Family" link (see screenshot below). And in the .zip file that will download, there's a folder named static that will have all the versions of the static font. Those are the ones you need to install for use with the Affinity applications.
Actually, on that Google Fonts page, you should see (at least on a computer browser) a "Download Family" link (see screenshot below). And in the .zip file that will download, there's a folder named static that will have all the versions of the static font.
I do not think there is any way to get just the variable font version from Google Fonts, so by using the "Download Family" button & unzipping the download, I would think it would be hard to miss the "static" folder ... or for that matter the "README" file that among other things explains what that folder includes & why.
Recently Google Fonts changed the font downloads to always download the full font package no matter what the user has selected - even one font. So users always get all fonts available now. That includes the statics and the variables.
It used to be that users could select one font (including the variable font(s) if any) and the ZIP would only have the fonts selected. For users who always wanted all the fonts (includes me) it was a PITA to have to select everything one-by-one to get all the fonts.
I've packaged and delivered a couple of different inDesign projects to a client using both Oswald-Bold & Oswald-Regular True Type fonts among a couple others. When she downloads the packaged folder and attached packaged fonts to her PC, the Oswalds only show up italicized despite there not being an italic version of the font to choose from.
When she selects the text boxes with the italicized font and switches it to Oswald- Medium (not one of the fonts I used in the packaged docs/ files... this is a version of Oswald she has installed on her computer) the italics go away, but then they are no longer The intended weight.
We've ruled out any mistakenly added character or paragraph styles (that I can see) and I imagine it's an issue with her computer not being able to read the packaged Oswalds that the files were made with.
To be sure of it, I changed the fonts to something completely different in the document saved it, and removed all instances of Oswald from my computer. I then installed fresh versions of Oswald from Google Fonts, and switched the fonts in the document to the new Oswald fonts, and sent her the new packaged file, t telling her to do the same on her end. She did and said she is still getting the same issue. Text is still stuck in italics.
Thanks for sending this over Derek. However, this problem lies in the indd file and it seems this person's issue was with the pdf. I'll run the pdf through some testing in Acrobat to see if it can tell me anything else about the fonts that may be affecting the indd file, but Im not sure I have enough experience with this to be able to know what to look for.
It sounds to me like the fact that your client is on a PC could be the problem. If, as you said, you have been using True Type fonts then there is an issue of incompatibilty depending on whether you are using Macintosh True Type fonts rather than Windows True Type fonts. True Type fonts manufactured for Windows are designed to be "cross-platform". That means that they can be read on a Mac as well as on a PC. True Type fonts manufactured for Macintosh are not designed to be cross-platform. They will not be read correctly on a Windows PC. The only true cross-platform fonts available are Open Type fonts. Hopefully the font you need is available in Open type.
I'm having the same problem with Oswald displaying as an italic version even with the regular or bold version selected. I'm on a mac running Ventura with the latest version of Illustrator (27.2) and InDesign (18), so it's not necessarily a PC problem, nor an InDesign problem. I have no character styles set, a few paragraph styles in InDesign, but there's no skew or italics selected. There were no paragraph or character styles in my Illustrator file.
I'm at a loss of what to do - I've tried reinstalling the font (even with a fresh download). I've tried activating it in Adobe fonts but I get an error message (no other details). It worked fine yesterday and today I open the same file and it's all italics. I wish I could change the font, but it's the client's brand font.
I'm not sure, as both myself and my client removed the versions of Oswald we had on our computers (Mac & PC) and installed fresh versions from Google Fonts. Still was happening on her end, but not mine. The same thing happened with another client of mine that uses PC (different font, different InDesign file). I checked to make sure no styles were in place as well as trying different file typed (indd, idml, etc). I'm at a loss of what to do.
i have no idea how to use specific substyles of a specific font. creating a text i can choose only the main font, the others are strictly hidden. after fiddling around i noticed that i can right click the font in the editor which reveals a font and show fonts but not all work. only substyles like bold italic but something like light, extra light or ultra black independent of the font does not reflect in the viewport.
also is there no quicker way to select substyles? marking the text in the editor then right clicking it, to select font then select show fonts, to select some further styles, seems ridiculously inconvenient and counter-intuitive or am i missing something obvious?
It seems a bit silly to install another HE font, but right now I am trying to find Helvetica Neue font that would work on windows version of Rhino. And this is the only one so far that partly show up in Rhino on windows.
@Pascal,
I tried to install font Nudista, Helvetica Neue Std and Pro and neither of the special font member of these families are not visible on mac. Regular font only. It seems to me as newly installed font families were not supported.
it seems from all the fonts i have checked only the open type fonts OTF are causing these problems and only show the first main font. also the font you are using in that other thread is an otf by the way.
guys this is absolutely imperative that you fix this. right now i need to use a corporate font which has only 3 styles: bold regular and light , and light does not work. i am basically screewed using rhino 7 regarding fonts.
@Gijs that exact font is one that works yes try universe, or something more contemporary like mark pro. some styles do not show all substyles in that list you posted. to get to them is very difficult and mostly dont work then. you can select them in the show fonts panel but they would not activate in the viewport.
edit: for instance Frutiger or Futura are also very standard fonts, none of the substyles show up in the text proerties and half of the substyles dont work at all. it activates in the font panel and in the properties text panel but not in the view port
i have issue with adobe illustrator when i select any text and try to make it bold or italic or any other style using ctrl+T than i found only regular option in font style drop down plz help me to resolve this that how can i found all these font styles...
This shows for Myriad Pro at least, you don't have any other font styles like bold or italic installed on your computer. So you can go to Typekit, for example, and install a full font family. Or if you are using a font system to control your fonts, they might be installed but not turned on. Go to Font Book, for example and see what is installed and what is actually turned on.
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