New post-Canva acquisition Affinity

John Butler
John Butler Posts: 352
edited November 24 in Miscellaneous News
Anyone tried it yet? New or interesting or unique features? Any real challenge to Adobe? I still trot along with Scribus, Inkscape and LibreOffice, but I’m itching for more variable font support.
Jessica Hische is on their designer advisory board, which seems positive.

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  • Yves Michel
    Yves Michel Posts: 224
    edited November 24
    I downloaded and installed it. 
    You must know that, on the Windows list of installers (French site), the items are:
    • the Windows (Intel/AMD) item downloads a .msix file which produces an app located in Program Files\WindowsApps
    • the Entreprise (Intel/AMD) item downloads a .exe file which produces an app located in Program Files
    The second one corresponds to the usual way of installing, the first one is a little more difficult to understand if you're not used to it. I was a bit disoriented!

    As for the app itself, I still have to understand its very particular structure  :(

  • Mark Simonson
    Mark Simonson Posts: 1,771
    A big question I have is that if Affinity gains a significant segment of the design market, that could shift people away from Adobe Fonts, which is a big source of income for a lot of type designers.

    As for Affinity, when it first shipped (as separate apps), the OpenType support was pretty bad. Currently it's very good (as of version 2 of each of the apps, IIRC).
  • A big question I have is that if Affinity gains a significant segment of the design market, that could shift people away from Adobe Fonts ...
    Could you explain the link between the success of Affinity and the shift away from Adobe fonts? 
  • Thanks Mark ! We learn each day.
  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,569
    Has anyone tested Arabic or Indic script support in the latest version of Affinity?