So finally version 9 sorted out some font problems but today I read the MyFonts newsletter and my heart sank just a little again with my chosen piece of design software - Xara Designer obviously.

I was looking at the news letter and salivating over 'Desire' font and thinking about purchasing : have a look yourself (nice, eh?), but what's the point I thought. Xara Designer ... even the Pro Version ... does not support ligatures and alternative letters which are supported by the Open Type format. So I would spend $100 on this font and it would be useless. All those lovely alternatives inaccessible.

Come on Xara, lift your game, sort yourself out : let us use alternatives and ligatures with type on your software.

In this day and age it's vital for good designers because type design has moved on a lot in the last ten years. Your software has not.