How to Add Fonts to Affinity Designer on iPad

In order to really maximize your design capabilities with Affinity Designer, you will really need to use some installed fonts. The pre-installed fonts are great but limited. Purchasing fonts from Font Bundles will give you premium quality fonts with a commercial license. Choosing the perfect font can enhance your design so you stand out among the competition.

If you are using the desktop version, make sure to check out this guide on using fonts in Affinity Designer.

Step 1 - Download and unzip your font.

In this tutorial we are using the Hey Girl font by Angèle Kamp. A feminine font like Hey Girl will be great for this project.

Step 2- Open Affinity Designer

When you open Affinity Designer you will see the main interface. In the top right toolbar click on the Settings icon. It is represented by a small cog.

Step 3 - Open Program Preferences

After clicking on the preferences you will see the following screen. Select Fonts from the left hand menu. Here you can see a list of all your currently installed fonts. At the bottom of the list you will see a trash can and a cloud symbol. Click on the cloud.

Step 4- Choose the font to install from your files

Navigate to the folder where you have your font saved and click on the cloud with the arrow. It will automatically download and install to Affinity Designer then click Done in the bottom right of the screen. This will return you to the opening screen.

Using your new font.

From your opening screen either create a new document or open a current one that you want to use your new font on. If you are new to Affinity Designer, find help on creating a new document.

Step 1- Open the text tool

Select the text tool from the left menu represented by the letter A in a box and click on the screen where you want your new text to be. Toward the middle left of the screen is a drop down box where you can select your font.

Step 2 - Selecting your font

You can either scroll through your font list to look for the one you need or you can type the name in the search box at the top. Usually a few letters will narrow it down to the one you want.

Step 3- Enter Your Text

Using the keyboard, enter the text you desire.

You may also like the guide we have on how to outline text in Affinity Designer.