Haujet Zhao

When processing images like that: 
Vertical text feature is creatically needed. 

It's actually the method of implementing Smart Object . Since now Affinity have implemented Embedded Document and Linked Document , as long as there is a convenient option to convert layers or groups into a embedded document, the Smart Object feature of PhotoShop can finally have replacement. 
This will be really convenient feature, please you add it! 

Here having been encouraged to start my own new topic to an old, already asked question, after having googled and followed the top link to a thread which I then mistakenly resurrected by way of a reply, not noticing that it was in fact archived.  So to my query...   ...joining others in being interested to know please, if someone who knows could tell us at what stage of development (if at all) is the function of being able to type vertically in Affinity Designer?  In any of the applications, in fact.  I own all three.  For my work, it's a fairly large thing to miss not being able to do and from what I can see, this has been a floating topic for several years now so, figured it could do no harm to ask again.  

Hello,
I would absolutely love vertical text. I do a lot of Japanese related work. I know I can draw a textbox and squish it vertically to get the text to display vertically, but it just doesn't feel right, you know? Please add this at some point. Thanks in advanced for your great software.