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Genius - thank you. Hadn't tried the boolean add step combining the outline and letter layer back together again. Works perfectly. Thanks

I need to subtract some text from a shape so it performs as a proper cutout based. When originally designed, the font's boldness wasn't sufficient, so a stroke width was added to bulk it out. However, when you convert to curves, and then subtract the text outline from the shape, it reverts back to the size of the font without the stroke width. I've tried expand stroke, deleting out the inner lines and then subtracting, but although it transfers the curve edges into the new shape, they are all filled in and the shape doesn't cut out. Attached picture illustrates the issue - I'm getting what is shown on the left, I want to achieve what is on the right. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

@stokergDone, and really appreciate you looking at this. Filename is 97374.cr2 in line with this thread (I know it's not an image to win an award, but demonstrates the issue without subjecting you to holiday snaps!) @Pšenda EXIF details are in original post - there is slight variation in the naming convention, hence checking the reason for manual. Will make sure full update here if there's anything back from Tech support.

I'm having trouble getting Affinity to apply the correct lens distortion profile in develop persona. I'm shooting on a Canon EOS 550D with a Tamron 18-200mm F3.5/6.3 DiII VC B018 (as recognised in the EXIF within Affinity). However, when I open the image, it keeps applying the Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 profile to the images. I've downloaded as the additional lens profiles for Tamron lens and installed them into the correct folder via the preferences, and confirmed the relevant .xml file contains a profile for Tamron "AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC". However, I keep getting the wrong lens profile applied. Is there a way to manually select a different lens profile in develop persona, or what should I be doing to ensure that Affinity selects the right profile? Thanks in advance.