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I’ve been a long-time fan of the design apps by Affinity. When they were bought by Canva I had a little concern (just a little as I know some of the people behind Canva (Canva), but also I have confidence in them to do the right thing). When the updated Affinity Studio app (Affinity) came out from Canva that collapsed all the paid design apps (and more) in to one app and it was free, I was really curious and have become quite impressed.
Over the last many months I’ve been playing with Affinity and trying various things out that make the combined app really interesting. I’ve loved the standalone photo app, but that is one I’ve had the toughest time getting my mind around the new dynamics of it. But, I love the typography focus as it gives a lot of control. The publishing app and its integration have me using typography and components of the publishing app to do interesting small projects.
One of the things I did with the Affinity combined app was a series of playing with a capital letter A. One of my favorites turned out to be one I call “mallard A”. Mallard A is simple, and uses the vector tools to some frayed feather touches to the bottom of the bend to serif. But, I also liked the ease and control playing with the gradient.
I seem to have left pieces of myself scattered around the internet. This is my attempt to pull some of those pieces together.