XPGD 15 - Major error - resizing font

[rpc9943]

more math errors appear to be coming up now.

1. create some text
2. press f2, drag top and/or bottom handles, it scales by ratio (as if we are using corners) before we could use it to "smush" text
3. turn off lock aspect ratio
4. drag top or bottom handles, and ... the font moves UP or DOWN???

I really use this software a lot and seeing this almost makes me want to downgrade back to xara 7 which operated properly....

Can these errors be fixed, or am I missing out on some workflow changes?

[Boy]

Don't you still have version 12? It's one of the most stable versions Xara ever released.

[rpc9943]

Don't you still have version 12? It's one of the most stable versions Xara ever released.

No I only have 7 , I had not needed anything and then I saw the humble bundle ver 15 and got it because it was 20 bucks

[ernie-f]

more math errors appear to be coming up now.

1. create some text
2. press f2, drag top and/or bottom handles, it scales by ratio (as if we are using corners) before we could use it to "smush" text
3. turn off lock aspect ratio
4. drag top or bottom handles, and ... the font moves UP or DOWN???

I really use this software a lot and seeing this almost makes me want to downgrade back to xara 7 which operated properly....

Can these errors be fixed, or am I missing out on some workflow changes?

The same here. Video: http://www.franta-net.de/text v15-v12/index.htm

[mwenz]

Neat bug.

I guess there is a reason I am not using v.15 for production. Well, and not 12 because of the PDF bug(s).

I think v.9 was the best version I used. Gonna have to reinstall that if I want to use XDP. Oh, I think I have v.11 installed on the laptop...

[ernie-f]

Neat bug.

I guess there is a reason I am not using v.15 for production. Well, and not 12 because of the PDF bug(s).

I think v.9 was the best version I used. Gonna have to reinstall that if I want to use XDP. Oh, I think I have v.11 installed on the laptop...

I think for the future it is better to choose an other software and let go Xara/Magix where they will go. The bugs we find in v15 are the best sign to change things. I'll never pay for scrap that what v15 definitively is.

[rpc9943]

I think for the future it is better to choose an other software and let go Xara/Magix where they will go. The bugs we find in v15 are the best sign to change things. I'll never pay for scrap that what v15 definitively is.

I use xara way too much to abandon it. It is by far the most rapid graphics program I've used for exactly what I use it for in my full time job.
I just need these simple math bugs fixed.

[RKissane]

I checked in V11 and V12 and it works correct for what Ron wants it to do. V15 does not. It works for shapes but not for text.

You should report as a bug.
Ray

[mwenz]

I think for the future it is better to choose an other software and let go Xara/Magix where they will go...

I have and use AD (among other vector design software). But like Ron, XDP is still (normally) my first choice. But v.15 & somewhat v.12 simply are not fit for purpose—certainly not my purpose. So this year's advertising I do for clients was all done in AD.

I don't find AD as speedy to design with. It does, however, have (along with CorelDraw) the best OT Feature support available. And much of what I do all revolves around fonts (though unlike this thread, I rarely distort a font) and PDFs for placing in other software. The ads I do this time of year are supplied as PDFs and so unlike last year where I did the majority in XDP and some in AD, I did them all in AD this go round.

If Xara products are going to have a future in design & print, both XDP's capabilities and price need altering. Else Xara needs to extend P&GD's print/design capabilities to equal XDP's completely. They also need to fix stupid, forever-lasting issues, past and current bugs, add features ad nauseam.

And they need to do it in a hurry. None of this trickle-down and be satisfied with what we give you crapola.

[stygg2003]

These faults do not happen in P&GD11. It is one of many reasons I have not updated my version. The two most steady versions seem to be 11 and 7.

Stygg