Fix #1423: an Affinity text frame too short for its first line is made taller instead of showing nothing

crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/affinity.rs

@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ impl Builder {
         };
         if let Some(f) = t.frame {
             obj.kind = TextKind::Area { frame: shapes::rectangle(Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, (f.x1 - f.x0) * k, (f.y1 - f.y0) * k)) };
+            // Affinity shows a line in a frame shorter than it (#1423); here none of it would draw.
+            if vectorcraft_text::fit_first_line(vectorcraft_text::FontDb::global(), &mut obj) {
+                self.warn("text frames too short for their first line (made taller so the line shows)");
+            }
         }
         obj
     }

crates/engine/tests/affinity_text.rs

@@ -88,6 +88,26 @@ fn frame_type_keeps_dimensions_alignment_and_unit_conversion() {
     assert_eq!(frame.bounds().unwrap().height(), 50.0);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_frame_too_short_for_its_first_line_is_made_taller_with_a_warning() {
+    // #1423: a title taller than its frame (60 pt type in a 50 pt frame) drew nothing.
+    let lines = |t: &TextObject| vectorcraft_text::layout(vectorcraft_text::FontDb::global(), t).lines.len();
+    let title = |size: f64| import(vec![block(utf8("T"), vec![run(1, Some(attrs("Frame", "", 400, false, size)))], &[3])], true, 144.0, IDENTITY);
+    let short = title(120.0);
+    let t = texts(&short.doc)[0];
+    let TextKind::Area { frame } = &t.kind else { panic!("expected area type") };
+    let b = frame.bounds().unwrap();
+    assert!((b.x0, b.y0, b.width()) == (0.0, 0.0, 100.0) && b.height() > 50.0 && b.height() < 100.0, "taller from its top: {b:?}");
+    assert_eq!(lines(t), 1, "the line shows");
+    assert!(short.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("too short for their first line")), "{:?}", short.warnings);
+    // A frame that holds its line keeps its height, and nothing is said.
+    let fits = title(20.0);
+    let t = texts(&fits.doc)[0];
+    let TextKind::Area { frame } = &t.kind else { panic!("expected area type") };
+    assert_eq!((frame.bounds().unwrap().height(), lines(t)), (50.0, 1));
+    assert!(!fits.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("too short")), "{:?}", fits.warnings);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn each_font_weight_and_italic_maps_to_the_expected_style() {
     let cases = [

crates/eps/src/import/ate.rs

@@ -669,30 +669,9 @@ impl Story {
     /// Area type that the file lays lines out in, in a frame too short for its first line as it is
     /// laid out here: a font that isn't available shows in the fallback font, whose lines may be
     /// taller, and type that doesn't fit its frame isn't drawn. The frame is made taller, from its
-    /// top, by what the first line needs. Whether it was.
+    /// top, by what the first line needs (`vectorcraft_text::fit_first_line`). Whether it was.
     pub(super) fn fit_first_line(&self, t: &mut TextObject) -> bool {
-        let TextKind::Area { frame } = &t.kind else { return false };
-        let db = vectorcraft_text::FontDb::global();
-        let Some(b) = frame.bounds().filter(|b| b.height() > 1e-6 && !self.lines.is_empty()) else { return false };
-        if !vectorcraft_text::layout(db, t).lines.is_empty() {
-            return false;
-        }
-        // The height of its first line: the line's as point type.
-        let point = TextObject { kind: TextKind::Point, ..t.clone() };
-        let Some(need) = vectorcraft_text::layout(db, &point).lines.first().map(|l| l.ascent + l.descent) else { return false };
-        // (A little more than it, for the rounding of the layout.)
-        let by = (need + 0.05) / b.height();
-        if !(by.is_finite() && by > 1.0) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        let taller = frame.transformed(Affine::translate((0.0, b.y0)) * Affine::scale_non_uniform(1.0, by) * Affine::translate((0.0, -b.y0)));
-        let short = std::mem::replace(&mut t.kind, TextKind::Area { frame: taller });
-        // Something else keeps the line out (a frame narrower than a letter): as the file has it.
-        if vectorcraft_text::layout(db, t).lines.is_empty() {
-            t.kind = short;
-            return false;
-        }
-        true
+        !self.lines.is_empty() && vectorcraft_text::fit_first_line(vectorcraft_text::FontDb::global(), t)
     }
 
     /// The leading the file's own line positions imply: the distance from one line to the next, less

crates/text/src/layout.rs

@@ -156,6 +156,33 @@ pub fn layout(db: &FontDb, t: &TextObject) -> TextLayout {
     layout_with(db, t, &opts)
 }
 
+/// Area type in a frame too short for its first line draws nothing (type that doesn't fit its frame
+/// isn't drawn). For importers whose source shows that line: the frame is made taller, from its
+/// top, by what the first line needs. Whether it was.
+pub fn fit_first_line(db: &FontDb, t: &mut TextObject) -> bool {
+    let TextKind::Area { frame } = &t.kind else { return false };
+    let Some(b) = frame.bounds().filter(|b| b.height() > 1e-6) else { return false };
+    if !layout(db, t).lines.is_empty() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // The height of its first line: the line's as point type.
+    let point = TextObject { kind: TextKind::Point, ..t.clone() };
+    let Some(need) = layout(db, &point).lines.first().map(|l| l.ascent + l.descent) else { return false };
+    // (A little more than it, for the rounding of the layout.)
+    let by = (need + 0.05) / b.height();
+    if !(by.is_finite() && by > 1.0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let taller = frame.transformed(Affine::translate((0.0, b.y0)) * Affine::scale_non_uniform(1.0, by) * Affine::translate((0.0, -b.y0)));
+    let short = std::mem::replace(&mut t.kind, TextKind::Area { frame: taller });
+    // Something else keeps the line out (a frame narrower than a letter): as the source has it.
+    if layout(db, t).lines.is_empty() {
+        t.kind = short;
+        return false;
+    }
+    true
+}
+
 /// The underline and strikethrough bars of `t` laid out as `layout` (#847): per run and line, a
 /// bar from the stretch's first glyph to its last one's advance, placed and sized by the font's
 /// own underline and strikeout metrics through the glyph's transform (so the size, baseline shift

crates/text/src/lib.rs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub use fontdb::{
 };
 pub use hyphen::{hyphenation_exceptions, set_hyphenation_exceptions};
 use kurbo::{Affine, BezPath, Point, Rect, Vec2};
-pub use layout::{decorations, layout, layout_with};
+pub use layout::{decorations, fit_first_line, layout, layout_with};
 pub use vectorcraft_doc::TextObject;
 
 pub use vectorcraft_doc::{AreaFit, FirstBaseline, VerticalAlign};

docs/file-format-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # File format parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (`.ai` editing data: a compound path takes its last path's paint and keeps paths grouped inside it, #1410; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; `editingData: "always"` opens a `.ai` from its editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; SVG knockout groups of opaque art without masks; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` keeps its RGB numbers; PDF import keeps a stroke apart from a fill masked or faded by its group) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (Affinity import: a text frame too short for its first line is made taller, #1423; `.ai` editing data: a compound path takes its last path's paint and keeps paths grouped inside it, #1410; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; `editingData: "always"` opens a `.ai` from its editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; `.ai` art styles, clipping fills and compound looks from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` gradient matrices, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; SVG knockout groups of opaque art without masks; a `.ai` whose PDF part is only text opens from it, #1387; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388; `.ai` editing data: gradients with middle stops, #1390; type of objects with an appearance, hidden layers and later artboards, #1391; area type in a frame too short for the fallback font, #1392; `.ai` editing data: placed (linked) files read, #1264; gradient-filled shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha soft masks, #1286 in part; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; `.ai` and PDF trim and bleed boxes as artboard and bleed, #1266; `.ai` keeps its RGB numbers; PDF import keeps a stroke apart from a fill masked or faded by its group) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Every format Illustrator opens, places, saves or exports, against VectorCraft's format table (`FORMATS`,
 `OPEN_EXTS`, `PLACE_EXTS` in `crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/mod.rs`). Illustrator's list comes from its public
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ the app's own editing copy of a file (an EPS after its `%%EOF`, a `.ai`'s `AIPri
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-12 | minor | Affinity import: a text frame too short for its first line (a 64 pt title in a 54 pt frame) is made taller from its top, with a warning in the open result, instead of showing nothing (#1423), as `.ai` area type is (#1392); the spacing Affinity itself fits the line with isn't read; scores unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | `.ai` editing data: a compound path takes the paint, opacity, blend mode and fill rule of its last path (the last painted one when that has none), so gradient-filled compound paths no longer come in black, and paths grouped inside a compound path stay its paths (#1426, fixes #1410); hand-written editing data test; scores unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | `editingData: "always"` (`convert --editing-data`) opens a `.ai` from its editing data even where it draws differently from its page, which can be older, with a note |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | `.ai` editing data: an art style of one fill and one stroke (variable widths too) with an Outer Glow or Drop Shadow comes in as the object's own appearance; a clipping path's own fill paints under what it clips; a compound path holding its drawn look paints that look's paths apart; a group's own state keeps the current transparency |

docs/target-app-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Parity with Adobe Illustrator
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and the transform tools and commands act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; corner drags hide the bounding box, #1229; scores and hours unchanged; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388, scores unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups: gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames (#1390, #1391, #1392); dialog keyboard focus on every open (#1382, #1395); art flush with an artboard (#1375); font rescan (#1376); symbol instance redraw cache (#1386); scores and hours unchanged; grid tool options, #1377 in part, scores unchanged; `.ai` placed (linked) files read from the editing data, #1264, scores unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click selects its corner, #1239; scores and hours unchanged; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard click-to-fit verified for objects, groups, visible bounds, undo and cancellation (#1227); scores and hours unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; Localization: Korean catalog added, 54% → 63%, full readiness unchanged at ~62%; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Image Trace: an image over 64 megapixels traces scaled down instead of being refused, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Path operations: Simplify preview/counts and component selection (#1272); scores unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; Platforms: RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor (#1275); scores unchanged; Raster effects: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); pixels unchanged; scores and hours unchanged; Drawing: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Type core: full-name font matching (#1258), scores and hours unchanged; Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves history and saved state (#1180 follow-up); scores unchanged; UI chrome: Eyedropper cursor and precise-setting regressions (#1269); scores unchanged; Colour: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores and hours unchanged; Selection: segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges (#1278); scores unchanged; Colour: unpainted zero-width strokes regain 1 pt when painted (#1253); scores and hours unchanged; graphs: designs and markers, data, Graph Type and label options; UI chrome: native macOS save Format menu, #866, scores unchanged; compound paths inherit the backmost appearance and member fill-rule edits reach their owner, #1197; scores unchanged; Type core: Middle Eastern digit types done, Character panel menu › Digits; PDF export warns when the pixel cap lowers raster-effect resolution; Drawing tools: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144; Type advanced: proportional vertical metrics (`vpal`) done, #966; Shape Builder: #893 fixed, merged regions of crossing lines no longer keep seams; scores unchanged while #937 is open; #1034: document-point character controls after object/group scaling; full readiness recomputed as the standard's additive weighted sum, ~62%; per-audience hours; essentials-user score ~75% added; ready-for-real-work re-examined: 50% → 55%, mainstream 65% added; earlier the same day: full re-measure against Illustrator 2026 30.x; merged the ROADMAP's parity estimate, honest assessment and "Shipped so far" into this file; SVG knockout groups of opaque art export without masks) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (Affinity text frames too short for their first line show it, #1423; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and the transform tools and commands act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; corner drags hide the bounding box, #1229; scores and hours unchanged; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388, scores unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups: gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames (#1390, #1391, #1392); dialog keyboard focus on every open (#1382, #1395); art flush with an artboard (#1375); font rescan (#1376); symbol instance redraw cache (#1386); scores and hours unchanged; grid tool options, #1377 in part, scores unchanged; `.ai` placed (linked) files read from the editing data, #1264, scores unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click selects its corner, #1239; scores and hours unchanged; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard click-to-fit verified for objects, groups, visible bounds, undo and cancellation (#1227); scores and hours unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; Localization: Korean catalog added, 54% → 63%, full readiness unchanged at ~62%; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Image Trace: an image over 64 megapixels traces scaled down instead of being refused, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Path operations: Simplify preview/counts and component selection (#1272); scores unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; Platforms: RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor (#1275); scores unchanged; Raster effects: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); pixels unchanged; scores and hours unchanged; Drawing: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Type core: full-name font matching (#1258), scores and hours unchanged; Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves history and saved state (#1180 follow-up); scores unchanged; UI chrome: Eyedropper cursor and precise-setting regressions (#1269); scores unchanged; Colour: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores and hours unchanged; Selection: segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges (#1278); scores unchanged; Colour: unpainted zero-width strokes regain 1 pt when painted (#1253); scores and hours unchanged; graphs: designs and markers, data, Graph Type and label options; UI chrome: native macOS save Format menu, #866, scores unchanged; compound paths inherit the backmost appearance and member fill-rule edits reach their owner, #1197; scores unchanged; Type core: Middle Eastern digit types done, Character panel menu › Digits; PDF export warns when the pixel cap lowers raster-effect resolution; Drawing tools: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144; Type advanced: proportional vertical metrics (`vpal`) done, #966; Shape Builder: #893 fixed, merged regions of crossing lines no longer keep seams; scores unchanged while #937 is open; #1034: document-point character controls after object/group scaling; full readiness recomputed as the standard's additive weighted sum, ~62%; per-audience hours; essentials-user score ~75% added; ready-for-real-work re-examined: 50% → 55%, mainstream 65% added; earlier the same day: full re-measure against Illustrator 2026 30.x; merged the ROADMAP's parity estimate, honest assessment and "Shipped so far" into this file; SVG knockout groups of opaque art export without masks) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
 
 The authoritative parity assessment. [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) summarizes it; [`gaps.md`](gaps.md) is
 the work list made from it. Deep areas have their own checklists: [UI and interaction](ui-parity.md),
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-12 | minor | File formats: an Affinity text frame too short for its first line is made taller with a warning instead of showing nothing (#1423); synthetic-file test; score and hours unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | File formats: a `.ai` compound path takes its last path's paint and keeps paths grouped inside it (#1426, fixes #1410; hand-written editing data test, no public documentation of which member carries the paint); a `.ai` whose PDF part draws only text opens from it when its editing data can't be read (#1414, fixes #1387); score and hours unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Transform: with anchors selected with Direct Selection, the transform commands, dialogs and tools act on those anchors alone (#1427, fixes #1408); the five Transform dialogs preview on the canvas and their angle and percentage fields step with the arrow keys (#1428, fixes #1412); the Preview default (off) and the anchors' default reference point are our choices; scores and hours unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Rendering: a stroke wider than its closed shape paints solid on the canvas, as in exports (#1409, fixes #1396); Live Corners: the bounding box hides during a corner drag with the Selection tool (#1402, fixes #1229); Edit: a picture pastes when blank text sits beside it on the clipboard (#1404); scores and hours unchanged (estimated) |