Hi, it's perhaps a bit late to react. I didn't manage to include pictograms, emoijs etc. into a Text Object either.
However, I now use the following workaround (until Affinity has implemented this feature)
It's a bit tedious but it works, as many things do with a bit of patience and effort.
- Open Apple's Page App (or any other text app that can handle pictograms.)
- Create a new document in Pages (a simple blank document is ok)
- On your desktop, click on the keyboard country flag in the upper right corner on your screen.
- Select "show emoji and symbols" from OSX's character map.
- Copy the desired pictogram(s) from the character map into your text in Pages.
- In Pages, select the pictogram(s) and enlarge the font size. Make it big enough
to make an image of it large enough to have enough quality.
-Press Option-Shift-4 simultaneously to make a screen dump of a part of your screen
-Drag with you mouse/pen a rectangle exactly around the pictogram as displayed in Pages and then release the mouse button.
there should be a "Screen dump ..... .png" file on your desktop.
in Affinity
-Open this screen dump png with Affinity
-Select and copy the background layer. (should be the only layer there.)
-Switch back to the other image you are working on in Affinity and paste.
-You now should have a new pixel layer containing your pictogram(s), which you can move to the desired position, resize, etc.
I have used this in Affinity Designer succesfully , but It probably works ok in Affinity Photo as well.
It's a bit tedious, but it works. if you think this takes too long, then you are probably not the the type of person to make Swiss watches :D
<-- wow! a pictogram.
Thanks for making Affinity!
Hi, it's perhaps a bit late to react. I didn't manage to include pictograms, emoijs etc. into a Text Object either. However, I now use the following workaround (until Affinity has implemented this feature) It's a bit tedious but it works, as many things do with a bit of patience and effort. - Open Apple's Page App (or any other text app that can handle pictograms.) - Create a new document in Pages (a simple blank document is ok) - On your desktop, click on the keyboard country flag in the upper right corner on your screen. - Select "show emoji and symbols" from OSX's character map. - Copy the desired pictogram(s) from the character map into your text in Pages. - In Pages, select the pictogram(s) and enlarge the font size. Make it big enough to make an image of it large enough to have enough quality. -Press Option-Shift-4 simultaneously to make a screen dump of a part of your screen -Drag with you mouse/pen a rectangle exactly around the pictogram as displayed in Pages and then release the mouse button. there should be a "Screen dump ..... .png" file on your desktop. in Affinity -Open this screen dump png with Affinity -Select and copy the background layer. (should be the only layer there.) -Switch back to the other image you are working on in Affinity and paste. -You now should have a new pixel layer containing your pictogram(s), which you can move to the desired position, resize, etc. I have used this in Affinity Designer succesfully , but It probably works ok in Affinity Photo as well. It's a bit tedious, but it works. if you think this takes too long, then you are probably not the the type of person to make Swiss watches :D <-- wow! a pictogram. Thanks for making Affinity!