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Thank you, this was very helpful! - I have no idea what got overridden there, but setting to 'no style' and re-formatting the text has fixed this, and the spacing now responds as expected to 'leading'. Jack

Hi, I can't seem to figure this out...How can I reduce the spacing in the cells in this table? The usual 'Leading' setting doesn't do anything when I change it. Thank you, Jack

Hi Dan, Thank you for getting back to this - Yes, the issue seems to be with Vistaprint and that particular style of card...just sod's law that that was the first style I tried. I tried playing around with their own online designer and the elements I added were treated the same way, so it must just be the set style for that type of card. Glad all ok on the Affinity side of things! Thanks again, Jack

I think it is that specific Vistaprint design - if I changed the background colour, the text remained in the same erase blend mode style....I tried in other products and the design behaved as I would have expected. I could change the background colours of the product, whilst the text at the bottom remained white on black. Sorry, I just couldn't understand what was happening, as it was the only product I had looked at and I didn't think the website would override my own file! So, I guess the style I wanted in that product isn't possible... Thank you for your help! @GarryP

Thanks for checking that out! - Hmm, perhaps it is just Vistaprint then. I see the same results as you in Affinity, so is it possible that Vistaprint is doing something specific with the file for the specific product I am looking at? Could it be applying its own erase blend mode or something? Export settings below. Thanks,

Thanks @GarryP - I tried those options but was still running into issues...very strange! I have attached an example file. Thank you, Jack Example Design.afdesign

I would like this text to show up as white.

Hi, The text in the image below is exporting as if it is cutting out from the black rectangle below it (showing the background). Is there a way to export this text in an SVG so that it shows up as white on the black background? Not sure what I am doing wrong here. Thank you, Jack

Hi @NathanC, Thank you for getting back to me - Ahh yeah, I tried this, but it didn't reduce the nodes all that much...there are so many haha. I was just playing around with this text and I wanted to try stretching parts of it, so I am assuming that the Warp Group functions will probably be the best way to do this at the moment. A simplify curve feature would be nice though! Thank you, Jack

Hi, Is there an easy way to reset all of the nodes in the 1st photo so that this group of letters (curves) will collectively just have the basic corner nodes around the perimeter of the shape as a whole without rasterising? (as in 2nd photo). I would then like to be able to manipulate the group as a whole by adding in new nodes to the outside of the group. Or is the best way to do this using the Warp Group tools? Thank you, Jack

Hi, Apologies if this has already been requested - I did search around for a while for this, but there were a lot of varied results. I would like to request proper vector brush support. I feel like this is probably quite a fundamental feature for a lot of people and would be a highly valued addition to the Affinity suite (which I really like, by the way!) Thanks, Jack

This helped a little - so I am led to believe that the issue is probably being caused by the font itself. I thought a decent workaround would be to create a circle with no stroke/fill to go around the whole logo so that everything remains aligned and the outer circle can be aligned to the centre etc without messing things up. Jack

Thank you for the reply, @v_kyr - yes I just noticed this too, so I am thinking I may play around with setting to ALL CAPS or SMALL CAPS to see if this helps balance the bounding box/alignment better...I hope so, as this is doing my head in haha

Thanks for the reply, Walt - much appreciated! So, with this in mind, do you think that the best thing would be to convert to curves and then align to centre afterwards? It is strange because even before converting to curves, the text seems out of alignment somewhat, despite the handles both being aligned to the centre...you can see the uneven spacing in the attached image. Thanks, Jack

Hi again, Ok, I am still facing issues, unfortunately! Does anyone know why the text is centred correctly as a shape text path, but then is not aligned to the centre when converted to curves?! Which is the correct alignment...surely it should be the same? Thanks, Jack

Hi all, Sorry for the delay in getting back to these messages - I found that the error with the alignment was occurring with the 'export text as curves...' option on. I ended up just turning this off, and things seem to be ok with the exported svg files now 👍 The text is still converted to curves, but without the alignment issues from before. Thanks for your help/input. Jack

Thank you! Do you have any idea why when an SVG is exported and objects/text etc is converted to curves, the alignment changes? It is very frustrating. Everything is aligned to the centre and then after exporting things are slightly off-centre. Cheers

Hi, Apologies if this is simple...I can't find the best settings to do this - How can you export a SVG but with all objects/curves merged into one layer? Thank you, Jack

Thanks @Oufti, I appreciate the reply. I will check out the knife tool - haven't had to use it yet!

Amazing, thank you so much! - That's very helpful 😄 In my case, I ended up using 2 circles and a rectangle to make the shape in a symmetrical way, similar to your suggestion A, which seemed to work well in this instance. I will definitely be putting the rest of the above to use soon as well. Cheers, Jack

Hi, Sorry if this has been asked before, but I can't seem to figure out a way to make sure handles are perfectly aligned. I would like to make sure the shape/angles in the attached image are symmetrical and the same thickness throughout - I know I could also possibly use the pen tool, but is there a best way to do this, whilst making sure that the shape is even/symmetrical? Thank you, Jack

Ahh yes, that makes sense - and is what I need in my usage. Thanks very much for your help!

Thank you - R C-R's advice seems to have done the trick!

Thank you - That was exactly what I was looking for! - Seems to work fine for my needs 👍 Do you know what 'aspect correct scaling' would mean in this usage? Thank you

Hi, Apologies if this has already been asked before, but it is something I have never figured out, that I am hoping is an easy to perform. When I resize an object or a group of objects e.g a simple circular logo (containing various objects/groups), to ensure that all elements within the group of objects scale correctly I always have to use the drag handle at the bottom corner of the groups. Is there a way to type in the desired pixel size in the transform panel, but make sure that everything is resized correctly? When I do it this way, certain objects within the group do not resize/scale properly. Thank you, Jack