Post #1583553

2026-04-22 13:27 UTC

Color fonts can now be customized in Affinity 3.2, and I tested way too many typefaces to list here, but I did add chapters so you can see what works and what doesn&#39;t. TL;DR COLRv0 without hardcoded SVG hex values work perfectly COLRv1 using CSS var() to color fonts also works perfectly COLRv1 using built-in coloring methods like PaintColrLayers does not work With any of these, if SVG hex values are set, they will override the CPAL options available in Affinity. **I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON COLOR FONTS** Correct me here or in the comments on YouTube. No one was talking about this, so I did my best to cover the topic ✌️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXadJQdFUo

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@typearture@typo.social 2026-04-22 15:24

@jectives@typo.social Now this is something I've missed, and a big plus for color fonts! Great to see palette support and COLRv1 support in Affinity. I know Adobe has been working on adjustable colours somewhere in '20-'21, but once again, Affinity takes the crown. Thanks for being an Color Fonts ambassador, and your descriptions were on-point! And seems I have to update my tiny explainer page ;). About the shadow: It's not in the font, but more as an explainer on what's possible with alpha/transparency layers. And about giving colours specific names: This is possible, but currently missing in Nabla, would be a good test to see if Affinity can pick them up.

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@mitradranirban@typo.social 2026-04-23 11:29

@jectives@typo.social As I am making Colr Pak I am also adding tutorials for various use if it. (https://fonts.atipra.in/colrpak.html) Currently direct css editing can help in accessing many feature of color font such as mixing of palletes, transition between palettes, variations etc in a web page.

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