lepr

No, it looks more like a stepped blend from a keyhole shape to a larger head shape.

i would really love to have a stabiliser mode in Photo/Designer that works the same way the procreate one does.

Unfortunately, it’s really difficult to describe or even show in a video, it has to be experienced first hand, but here’s the best one i could find that kinda/sorta shows what i mean:

Vector portrait of movie director, actor, visual artist and musician David Lynch. All 12 stages of progress in my portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com/2024/01/david-lynch-vector-portrait.html
In aforementioned blog I briefly explained how the effects used have been created, but I will repeat them here for clarity:
In Affinity Designer there are what Serif calls 'Vector Brushes' that actually are based on bitmap images. So, this in fact is not a 100% vector portrait. Users can draw these brushes themselves in vector format, that are exported as png-files. For almost every 'vector' portrait, drawing specific brushes have to be created, since no hair strand or pore texture in a person's face are the same. To such brushes Gradient Fills and Gradient Transparency effects are applied and sometimes they are Duplicated using Filters (below the Layers panel) that in some cases are offset, re-sized, skewed or mesh warped a little. In a number of cases it helps to apply the 3D lighting effect - highlights and outer shadows - to these brushes too. In the Gradient Tool there is an option to use bitmaps as the fill, which also is useful to achieve the desired effect. To these type of fills the same effects can be applied as used to manipulate the Vector Brush strokes.
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

Out of curiosity how do you manage to turn everything into an argument?

Welcome to the Affinity forums
You are getting the correct result for the blend settings that you have specified. The downward sloping graph is telling the app to make the text be fully opaque where the underlying composition is black and gradually become less opaque as the underlying composition becomes brighter.
If you can explain the effect that you wish to achieve, someone probably will be able to provide instructions. It would be particularly helpful if you can post a link to an example of the desired result.

Did you investigate Point Transform tool as suggested?
It is by far the fastest and easiest way to do what you asked...
 
 
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Hi guys, this is another photocomposition test with AP. I tried to create something more dynamic... and why not, night-time 😎
All images are taken from Pexel.
Ciao e grazie! 😀
Davide

This has been discussed previously. A path has a defined start and end; therefore, as you travel along the path from start to end, the left and right are unambiguous. The software can be programmed so that, for example, the left side of any open path is regarded for stroking as equivalent to the inside of a closed path.

We are planning to release a 2.3.1 patch to address a handful of important things and then start 2.4.0 beta.
We think it's important to address a few high customer impact bugs quickly in a 2.3.1 release, in a fast/stable manner.
The release of 2.4.0 with improvements and features and many fixes will likely take a while to be "release ready" (need a longer beta testing cycle due to having more significant code changes).
We have builds for both 2.3.1 and 2.4.0 in internal testing at the moment. I would expect these to both be with you in the first half of this month

This years contemplative and thoughtful "New Year's Eve" firework impressions ...

... used for some online cards, with the help from some of my firework assets.
Some Firework assets
 
Stop the wars and have instead a peaceful and hopefully then world wide much better new year!

Using Designer, the following process gives a correct vector result only using Affinity apps. Some steps could be automated in Photo after the expand stroke step.
assuming you have curves with black stroke and white fill. If using a vector shape, convert to curves. have all relevant layers e.g. in one group to keep it organized. Expand group expand stroke on all curves. This will seperate black strokes from white fills. In my example the bottom layer is fill, above the stroke. forget / delete lowest white (fill) layer. subtract second fill from 1st stroke merge 2 lowest strokes. repeat process at step 5 until all layers consumed.  
RPReplay_Final1703882678.mp4

If you had responded to my posts instead of ignoring me, I would have given you further explanation.

@lepr is giving potential solutions so have you tried printing out the example document lepr has posted?
To demonstrate what lepr has done watch the video below, in it I demonstrate how the area that is causing problems isn't white, it's off white as shown by readings from the colour eyedropper sampling. lepr has corrected that by using a levels adjustment filter set to the alpha channel and then black adjusted by 2% to whiten the off white areas that show up when printed as pale discolouration.

2023-12-29_11-33-21.mp4 Q. Which of the Affinity Apps do you have? Q. How do you make these labels?  

Using v_kyr's example in AD2, I would use the Shape Builder Tool as in the video below:

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Well that looks like an awesome tool that I’ve never used nor knew how to  Thank you for making the video and showing how it works. I’ll definitely give that a shot!
 
Thanks and Merry Christmas to all!

To give Artboard properties to a Curve/Curves/Shape object, use Layer > Convert Object to Artboard.

To give Artboard properties to a Curve/Curves/Shape object, use Layer > Convert Object to Artboard.

OOf, long day and too many new software releases....lets try this again!
Hi!  I'm AD!  aka The Explorographer.  Photographer/creative from the Finger Lakes region (FLX) of NY.  (Near Rochester).  New to the forums, but I have been an Affinity Photo user for quite a while.  Just found this place through the beta program so I thought I would say, "Hi!".   Always looking for new photog/crative friends in the area so if you are around me, please say hi!  Let's share ideas, techniques, locations, whatever!   Glad to be here!

Here are a few pieces of my work.

That's cool. I wasn't trying to be the forum police. Was just letting you know. I've given your request a 'like'
 
 

Hi!
Sometimes I miss an option to stroke vector curves in Affinity Photo with its pixel brushes. It is a very helpful feature to e. G. give text a brush outline or for clean and smooth drawing and retouching with every tool. Of course it is possible to do a part of this in Designer, with its brushes. But that is a bit limited, I think. I used to work with this feature in GIMP and Photoshop for a long time and I would like to have it in Photo too.

Too late, I recently requested it again.