Daniel Far

Hi firstdefense, R C-R and Dazzler. Thanks a lot for your responses. I have figured out a work around. It wasn't to do with dragging the box after the font was already on the page, rather it happened as soon as I clicked on the Artistic text tool and dragged out a font using nothing but the left mouse button. For the workaround - Using the idea from firstdefense of overlaying two fonts, I ... Used the Frame type tool to set a template for the correct font size Then using the Artistic text tool I created a font of the same size - first by dragging it onto the page, then typing in the correct size font, then using the bounding frame to reduce the font width to exactly the same width as the Frame type tool font Then I saved that Artistic text tool font as a character style - Text > Text Styles > Create Character Style Now when I drag out a font using the Artistic text tool it comes out correctly. As for how this may have started - At the very start of this large document I did set up some text styles. It is possible one I saved was skewed. I did delete them all, but maybe some setting was hanging around. So if this happens again at least I know a work around. And I hope it helps someone else. Again, thanks for your help. Daniel

Thanks firstdefence, the font is Glacial Indifference, and as far as I can tell there are no variants for this font - it's only regular, italic and bold. R C-R, thanks for pointing out what could be blatantly obvious - always good to check. In this case it occurs when dragging from the lower right corner, which unless I'm wrong should just change the font size, not the shape. In addition, I should have made it clear that the blue font in the original image is from the frame text tool.

Hi all, I am having a problem with the artistic text tool. When I select it, and drag out an area for my font, Affinity Designer stretches the font. It is the right height, but longer than it should be. I have tried clearing the 'Text' > 'Text Styles' > 'Detach and delete all styles', and this seems to work only if I start a new document. But the document I am working on, with a lot of font, and with a lot more to go, still has the problem. So every time I try to create a new artistic font for a heading it is stretched. I have attached an image of the problem. I am using a mac. And have the latest version of affinity running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Daniel