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A big update. What’s new: Native Affinity files Besides the Affinity scripts, Affont now opens your .af files natively, with nothing in between. Affinity ▸ New .af template, in the top bar: pick the character set and a…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
A smaller update, shaped by two questions from type designers this week. What’s new: Italics, obliques and slanted scripts Smart spacing and smart kerning used to measure each letter horizontally, so a slanted letter…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
Hey Emmanuel, so while I was thinking about my 3rd font, I thought about a peculiar thing: I can release demo fonts for people to try out the font, which will have limited chars and will be replaced into empty character…
JOLOwns Affont ·
A big one, shaped by the feedback of type designers who use Affont every day. What’s new: Type right on the text In Font, Kerning, Spacing, Ligatures and Preview you click on the large text and type right there, with a…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
I wanted to talk about my 2nd font created on Affont, Sidewalk Stool. The occasion was rather random: Was scrolling some vintage vibes and found an iced tea promotion poster. It reminds me about how people back then…
JOLOwns Affont ·
Thank you very much for adding the Vietnamese language to Affont and even making a Vietnamese template for it! I am about to release a new font that is dedicated to Vietnam's daily life! Here is something that I want to…
JOLOwns Affont ·
Two updates in one post. What’s new: Latin multilingual (1.1.5) Two new character sets, in Add set… and in the Affinity template: Latin multilingual (Europe): every Latin-script language in Europe, plus Turkish (Polish,…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
Two updates in one post. What’s new: Bitmap letters (1.1.2) Draw or paint letters in Affinity’s Pixel studio (brushes, watercolor, charcoal…) and Affont builds the font in OpenType-SVG format with your design, texture…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
What’s new: Contextual alternates Alternates can now change on their own depending on the letters around them, with nothing to turn on. In the Ligatures screen, each alternate has a menu that says when it appears: At…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
I think they're all full--but how do I convince the script?
davidicusOwns Affont ·
Hi, I'd like to be able to apply layer effects to the characters that I design in Affinity and then place them in the glyph cells, and for Affont/Affinity to converts the layer effects to outlines on export. It's…
Lebanon du FouOwns Affont ·
Hey! This is my first test with Affont. Still figuring things out, but pretty happy with how it turned out 🫶 Being able to design the letters right in Affinity makes the whole process so quick and easy. Great work on…
GenOwns Affont ·
When I first using Affont, I wanted to make something simple first to test out the potential of this program, and it turns out that it has been an amazing experience! I challenged myself to only use triangle strokes for…
JOLOwns Affont ·
Affont 1.1.0 is the biggest update so far. What’s new: Smart kerning and spacing Auto-space… sets the side bearings of every letter from its shape, with the air of your n: round and diagonal letters end up closer than…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
What’s new: The Export screen has been redesigned: your font, live, on the left (name, waterfall and character set) and the export options on the right. You can now save that image of your font as a PNG, handy for…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
Affont 1.0.8 is out now: Two new character sets in the template and in the app: Nordic: the letters of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Icelandic (Æ Ø Å Ä Ö Ð Þ…), with per-language coverage and sample text.…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
Hi, I'm just curious if there's a plan or timeline for adding support for Scandinavian characters like ÆØÅ/æøå/ÄÖ/äö?
Bjørn Edvard ·
The video is in Spanish but includes subtitles in English, Portuguese, Indonesian, Dutch, Japanese and Arabic. In this tutorial I show you step by step how to create your own typeface in Affinity with Affont, the only…
Visual ClubOwns Affont ·
What’s new: Affont is now available in German and Thai, including the Affinity scripts. The template’s Latin character set now includes the German letters (Ä, Ö, Ü, ß) and low quotation marks („ ‚), and “Build accented”…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
What’s new: Letters made of overlapping shapes that share edges no longer come out empty or with their counters filled in when you export the font. Fixed issues that could keep fonts from traveling correctly from…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
What’s new: Affont is now available in Dutch and Indonesian, including the Affinity scripts. The Affinity scripts’ windows appear in the language you use Affont in, even when Affont is closed. Before, they could appear…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
What’s new: 1.0.3 Shapes with an invisible stroke (a stroke width but no stroke color, common with Affinity’s shape tools) no longer come out with curved sides or deformed corners: only visible strokes are exported.…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
Affont for Mac is now signed and notarized by Apple: it opens with no security warnings, on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Also on Mac: The open and save dialogs no longer freeze the app. A native menu bar, with ⌘…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
Affont is here: draw your letters in Affinity, send them with one click and Affont turns them into an OTF or TTF font installed on your computer. What’s in it: Send your letters from Affinity with the Affont scripts, no…
Emmanuel from AffontTeam ·
