I'd like to pitch in a feature request that the Artistic Text tool react to modifier keys with the additional behavior of changing the tracking/letter spacing of a text block. Currently pulling a right or left handle changes the character's width, with shift it changes scale and control some kind of stretch-rotate thing. :)
I often find it necessary to increase the tracking of a block to fit a particular design, and unless I'm missing something, the only way to accomplish that is by playing with direct value entry.
To have the ability to <modifier key>-drag a right/left center handle out to a guide or snap point while seeing the tracking change dynamically would help tons.
I think I speak for many people in requesting that Affinity NEVER move to monthly subscriptions. We're being subscribed to death (some of us paying close to $200/mnth for "software rental" including Office, Adobe, Dropbox, Amazon S3 etc).
Will be great if Affinity could be able to simplify curve after freehand drawing. So number of nodes can be reduced without losing significant fidelity.