4dimage

Oh dear 😉
Actually a great feature. But a few extra laps on the training track are still required. The three real-life examples were already cut out on white or transparency. So the tool should be able to recognize the shapes even better. Product shots like these are part of everyday layout work.

2024-10-22-beta-2.6-object-selection.mp4    

For any one interested here is RAL Classic .afpalette file to upload to Affinity. 
Reference used is https://www.ralcolorchart.com/ral-classic
If useful just like
RAL Classic 2021.afpalette

Hi,
same .afpub test file as above.
In 2.6.0.2861 beta the method file -> export preview/save now work in Publisher and Designer as expected. But Designer still crashes when trying to export via a slice as DWG or DXF.
5c9572b0-2a71-47e9-8815-649d928ac299.dmp660f63e2-522c-4e53-bb12-22a4a5988a79.dmp

 

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.6.0.2861
(fixes since the previous beta 2.6.0.2831)
Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if the bug is unrelated to new functionality, report it in this "Other New bugs & issues" forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
Basic Brush can't be set below 3 pixels AF-4002 Develop Persona- RF 14-35mm F4 L IS USM correction not auto detected in the Lens panel     Develop Persona- RF-S 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM Lens profile not identified in the lens panel     Gap appears in Spine when creating a new spread with no Master     Preflight's mismatched text frame scale warning appears for each frame in the flow.    If an object's type changes when it is part of an article, the new object type is moved outside of its original article.     Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Develop Persona - White balance not correctly saved/recalled with preset    AF-288 Running Header with linked frames not getting correct text offset for fields    AF-4824 Tooltip for variable fonts button differs between desktop platforms    Hyphens are not being marked as mid-word punctuation    AF-4833 Making Updates to a Multipage Master Spread Fails to Show the UI Background Once Pages Have Been Repositioned    AF-4841 Inserting Facing Pages with Master Page Set to None Displays a Margin on Left Facing Pages    AF-4850 Apply Master dialog isn't dismissed when clicking OK if a Master Page is being viewed    AF-4847 Placing .DOCX files containing a table with no border import with a solid border    AF-4866 Margins for Centre Pages of a Multipage Spread Don't Reflect the Values Set in the Spread Properties Panel    AF-4883 Master Page Spread Properties label properties can't be changed on a per page basis    Crash when attempting to export a book to PDF containing multi-page spreads     Cross Reference Hyperlinks Always Lead to the First Page of a Chapter When A Multipage Spread is Exported Using Chapter as Pages    AF-4890 Attached SVG imports incorrectly in Affinity    AF-4925 Bugs affecting Windows
Font not returning to previous trait when toggled (font family dependent)    AF-4877 Large/Extra Large Thumbnail Previews Fail in Non Facing Page Documents When the Pages Panel is Set to its Minimum Width at 100% DPI    AF-4905 Localisation - Add pages - Dialogs button Truncation(win)    AF-4722 Crash docking or undocking the pages panel with Extra Large thumbnails     Object Selection icon not appearing in customised toolbar after update    AF-4825 Crash on close with a document open using extra large thumbnails     Localisation - Document Properties Dialog Clipping    AF-4900 DXF/DWG Export- 'Changes to the file are not allowed' when exporting from Publisher    AF-3971 Fields Panel dividers can only ever be made larger on Windows     Fields Panel: "Field name" column doesn't have a minimum width  Freehand Selection tool in Polygonal mode causes Photo to crash    AF-4734 Insert Hyperlinks Dialog- Text input to change dropdowns does not dynamically update the field    AF-4826 Bugs affecting macOS
Changing Document DPI Displays the Wrong Font Size in the Text Styles Panel if Editing the Text Style    AF-4857 A floated window title bar goes to the bottom of screen when using Window>Move & Resize>Left on Sequoia   AF-4446 User File: Edit hyperlink on a shape with a title causes a spinning ball for around 10-15 seconds     Master Page Properties dialog cuts of 'Scale' options    AF-4836 .afbook Missing chapter alert typo    AF-4832 Master Page Properties dialog is too short in German    AF-4835 Tags Panel has lost the background colour in Light UI    Hyperlink PropertiesDialog - Min height is too small for some options    AF-4793      Bugs affecting iPad
Trackpad/mouse become unable to operate buttons after dismissing flyouts on iOS 18  AF-4301 "Enable View Tool for Accessibility" setting doesn't take effect until the app is restarted     Double clicking item in Reading Order doesn't perform 'Go To Article' on macOS    AF-4844 Unable to toggle the Hide/Show Article button in the Reading Order Panel on iPad     Unable to collapse articles in the iPad Reading Order Panel    AF-4981

Hi @4dimage,
Just catching up with this one, but I'm observing this same poor-quality render using the live perspective filter on the full-res placed image compared to the better destructive filter output using your sample files, I'll log this with the developers for further investigation and confirmation.

Hi,
while testing the fixes concerning the bleed export in different vector and bitmap formats i found the following:
When using "normal" .afdesign document with a single page (or open an .afpub), and use file -> export the bleed is now rendered as expected on all four sides 😀. Thanks for that fix!


 
Buit if i use a document with an artboard and bleed instead, the bleed content on the right and bottom side is cut off partially when choosing a bitmap format. The vector formats show the bleed on all four sides as expected.
Here is my test document:
beta-2.5.6.2831-bleed-export-artboard bug_1-1.afdesign


 
 

Hi @4dimage,
The Export persona cutoff issue is a known issue that has been logged previously, so i've updated the existing issue and bumped it with your report. I've additionally logged the 'Selection Area' bleed problem you've identified as there is room for improvement here. 👍

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.6.0.2831
(fixes since the initial beta 2.6.0.2805)
Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if the bug is unrelated to new functionality, report it in this "Other New bugs & issues" forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
Rename 'Add selected item to reading order' to just 'Add selected object'  Page options not in Title Case AF-4775 Items manually added to the reading order are removed if their object type changes Text Style Editor: Slight section naming differences between Panel and Dialog AF-2852 Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Publisher Crashes When Dragging the Default Master Over a Multi-page Spread on the Canvas   AF-4818 App will crash when using Object Selection tool on RAW layers   AF-4813 Exporting a Book using Multi-page Spread Chapters to PDF with Area set to All Chapters exports every other page in each Chapter AF-4790 Select Subject Fails to Select Subjects on Right-hand Facing Pages Following the First Page in a Publisher Document AF-4812 Clicking Go to Article in the Reading Order Panel Requires Two Clicks When the Page is Zoomed In AF-4789 Text Style Editor's Export Tag options are truncated in other languages  AF-4785 Page drawn too large after moving facing pages page positions    AF-4779 Applying a master and confirming size and count can create unexpected pages  The PDF Export Tag is missing in the Base Text Style Settings Summary in Publisher. AF-4757 The Outcome Doesn't Appear to be Correct if Adding a Page When Reflowing Pages with Move Master Content Selected AF-4755 Applying an alternative Master to a Multi-page Spread Causes the Master Page Content to be Removed from the Non-selected Pages AF-4747 Applying a facing master to a larger multi page spread can crash Add Pages From File skips the first page if using 'Replacing'  Applying a 2 page master to multiple pages on a spread puts the master instance layers in a strange order  Layer panel page order can end up incorrect when switching between multi and non multi spreads  AF-4703 Deleting an object added to the reading order inside an Article will also delete the Article  Crash after undoing a deleted item from the Reading Order  Excluding items in the Reading Order Panel doesn't update the Preflight Opening and then closing all chapters of a book is not closing all lock files. Closing Book will also hang app   Reordered 'Reading Order' items inside an article are not being exported the correct order to tagged PDFs  DXF/DWG won't export fills on a shape that covers the whole page bounds   excel import - tricky situation with merged cells and hidden columns possibly AF-4456 Copy and Pasting Anchor Type Hyperlinks does not duplicate the Hyperlink AF-4424 Bugs affecting Windows
Crash launching the app after switching to small thumbnails  The 'Duplicate Selected Pages' and 'Delete Selected Pages' Icons Remain Inactive When Page(s) are Marquee Selected AF-4809 The Colour Picker's Auto Apply Feature Fails to Apply the Selected Colour for all FX on Windows AF-4805 Blend Mode not showing in Adjustments window AF-4802 Applying Color/Swatches panel Sampled Color (Color Picker) to object creates 2 Set Fill History entries AF-4791 Crash changing margin colours on a ambidextrous master AF-4782 Auto Apply colour picker fails in Colour Chooser on Windows AF-4760 Inserting a Cross Reference from a book chapter, doesn't always display the paragraph text or page number Transform panel wider than other grouped panels AF-4365 ML: Cannot swap to CPU Only, app restarts using CPU and GPU AF-4319 Bugs affecting macOS
App crashes after downloading Machine Learning models on Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey and Intel hardware AF-4845 Crash after installing Machine Learning Models when Install is clicked multiple times AF-4720 Quick Look on Sequoia isn't showing the full thumbnail preview and is instead showing it as a 'folder' preview  AF-4749 (part of AF-3857) Crash closing a document using small page thumbnails  AF-4817 Reading Order Panel icons require a restart when switching UI Style to Mono on macOS  AF-4788 Double clicking item in Reading Order doesn't perform 'Go To Article' on macOS  AF-4784 Mac is missing tools tips in Spread Properties    AF-4776 Crash due to replacing a static font with a variable equivalent  AF-4762 Reading Order Panel Reveal Arrow Position  AF-4759 Font Manager doesn't clear on document close    AF-4803 Exporting to PDF with 'Junicode' font triggers an app crash    AF-4615 Copy & pasting any object with hyperlink to a target in a merged doc causes crash  AF-4581 ToC panel minimum height cuts off Style Name section   Astro Persona Files panel- Stacking frames from multiple groups with no filter assigned triggers an app crash  AF-4471     Bugs affecting iPad
Crash after installing Machine Learning Models when Install is clicked multiple times AF-4720 Super Resolve is available on iPad Document Menu AF-4798 Tapping items on the iPad Reading Order appears to shift select them.

Hi,
the Quality is limited to 
extreme factor of downsizing the remaining number of pixels in the document resolution. i would recommend to take a 2 step approach 
resize the layer with logo by move tool to the rough size of the destination  add the perspective filter only for the final perspective distortion, not for downsizing. this results in better quality.
When downsizing the layer by perspective filter, the resample method uses one single pixels from the original sized layer to represent the destination pixel which covers hundreds of source pixels. Otherwise, it uses already averaged (smoothed) color information giving a far better smoothed result.
 

Apps: Designer, Photo and Publisher
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad
Auto Apply (Colour Panel) Colour Picker to Selection
Previously when you used the Colour Picker available from the Colour or Stroke Panel it would first add the picked colour to the well next to the picker and then you would be required to apply the colour manually by clicking the well.
We are now changing this to automatically apply the picked colour to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the colour well.
If you would prefer not to apply the selected colour (i.e the previous behaviour) you can hold Alt down whilst picking the colour (note this Alt behaviour is currently only available on Windows).

Apps: Designer
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad
Pencil Tool improvements
Affinity Designer’s Pencil Tool now includes several new options on its context toolbar.

 Auto Close
Up to 2.6, we’ve only offered a proximity-based auto-closing option when making a closed shape from a pencil curve. As a reminder, a red ‘dog bone’ indicator popped up when the active end of a pencil curve approached the stroke’s starting point. This design aid suggested that the curve could be closed by clicking.  
In 2.6, we’ve now introduced an Auto Close pop-up menu that offer a choice of options:

Off - the curve is never closed. Near - the curve is closed when end points approach each other (this is as per the [2.6 release; the ‘dog bone’ indicator still shows). Far - similar to Near but the distance between end points is greater. Always - the curve is always closed irrespective of distance between end points. 
Auto close behaviours when using the Pencil Tool: Off (A), Near (B), Far (C) and Always (D).
Smoothness
Smoothness can be applied in advance of pencil drawing or to pencil curves you’ve just drawn. By design, further smoothing is no longer possible once the curve is deselected.

The feature works by repositioning, adding or removing nodes on the curve to affect the smoothing results. You can decrease or increase smoothing by dragging the slider left or right from the default value (50%), respectively; nodes are removed or added as a result.
Note that this is not to be confused with the smoothing you’ll see when using the Stabiliser option on the context toolbar. It would be beneficial to switch this off while testing Smoothness.
Use line style
Prior to 2.6, the Pencil Tool presented the Use fill option as a check box on its context toolbar. This is now presented as an icon, and is accompanied by a new Use line style option, also an icon. This lets you adopt the currently set stroke properties (width, dot/dash, pressure) you have currently set up on the Stroke panel for new pencil strokes.

Applying Use line style as you draw a pencil stroke.
Pen Tool improvements
The Pen Tool also benefits from the new Use line style option described above.
Node Tool improvements
Converting nodes from Sharp to Smooth requires a visit to the Node Tool context toolbar or right-click menu. In 2.6, Affinity now lets you double-click (or alt-click) a node to cycle between these node types, keeping you more focused on the curve. 
As another addition, either control handle on a Bézier curve’s node can be removed by double-clicking on its handle; the associated node becomes a sharp (cusp) corner

German dialog "layout page properties", button cut off:

I haven't used these machine learning models yet, but I just wanted to say how nice a surprise it was to see that these were optional downloads, and not simply bundled into the existing applications. I really appreciate Serif giving creatives the respect to choose whether or not they want to integrate any machine learning into their workflows. 
Also, kudos for side-stepping the blanket AI hype train and calling these 'Machine Learning Models', which is not only more accurate, but also helps to frame the discussion in a much more informed manner.

Should this thread be titled Multi-Page Spreads Feature instead of Multiple Pages Feature?

"Advanced Page Management" has been split into 4 New Feature threads (this is one of those 4). If you want to discuss a change to page management please check out each of these threads and choose the best one to discuss the change you are observing
Multiple Pages Feature (this thread) Add Pages: Flow Pages Add Pages: Extend Spread Add Pages: New Spread Dragging to create/change layout Page Migration Improvements  Page move options Split Masters Move Master Content Reapply Masters Anchor Toward Spine Page Reflow Control New drag drop interactions Reflow on a per-spread basis New options where to add pages General Improvements  Page Thumbnails Master Tags Bug Fixes / Improvements ====================================================================================
Multiple Pages Feature
Apps: Affinity Publisher
Platforms: All
IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ FIRST
The implementation of this feature (and the many associated improvements listed at the bottom of the post) involved a rewrite of much of the existing page, spread and master code, as such 2.6.0 cannot support backward compatibility to 2.5 for page operations. Any undo history saved with a document that was created in 2.5.5 or earlier, which involves page or spread manipulation, will be truncated. You won't be able to undo back past the last page operation you did. If your 2.5.x document was saved with history and it includes any page action you will be told when you open in 2.6.0 that the history has been truncated. Any changes made using 2.6 will save and load their history going forward, and this restriction only relates to page functions whose history was created in earlier versions. Additionally you should take particular care to backup your old documents when trying them out in the new beta in case there are bugs converting from the old file structure to the new.
Multi-page spreads
Spreads can now contain more than two pages, making it easy to create trifold, gatefold, accordion fold and other page arrangements.
A new option when adding pages
When adding pages to a document, the new Spread Wrapping setting determines how existing pages flow to accommodate the newly added pages.

 
Exactly how pages are arranged depends on the number of pages added and where they are inserted.
To show how the setting’s three options work, we’ll start with two facing pages and show the resulting page arrangement you’ll see when inserting two new pages in the middle of the existing spread and after the existing spread’s last page.
In the illustrations below, grey pages are the existing pages, and green pages are the newly added pages.
To help you confirm the spine’s position within any spread, look for small notches that protrude above and below the page thumbnails. You’ll see this on the updated Pages Panel in the beta app, too.
Flow Pages reflows other pages just like you’re used to in earlier versions of Affinity Publisher.
(A) The result of using Flow Pages to add two pages after the existing spread.

(B) The result of using Flow Pages to add two pages in the middle of the existing spread.

Extend Spread literally extends the spread at your specified position. No other spreads are affected.
(A) The result of using Extend Spread to add two pages after the existing spread.

(B) The result of using Extend Spread to add two pages in the middle of the existing spread.

New Spread always creates a new spread (or spreads) containing new pages, and if the insertion point is within an existing spread, that spread’s pages will be broken apart into two separate spreads.
(A) The result of using New Spread to add two pages after the existing spread.

(B) The result of using New Spread to add two pages in the middle of the existing spread.

Where an existing spread is split, two ‘ghost’ pages are shown opposite the original pages. These are fainter in appearance to indicate your pages no longer conform to the document setup. Affinity Publisher creates the exact number of pages you’ve instructed it to add; it’s left to you to resolve such deviations.
Example: Creating a gatefold
Here’s how you could use the Extend Spread option to create a gatefold. Start with a two-page spread like this one:

On the Pages Panel, select Add Pages, apply the following settings on the dialog, then select OK:
Number of Pages: 2 Insert: After Page: 2 (our right page’s number) Spread wrapping: Extend Spread The Pages Panel should now show a four-page spread, with the spine shown between the original pages, which are the two on the left.

On the panel’s preferences menu, disable Page move options > Reflow Pages. This allows you to drag and drop page thumbnails without Affinity Publisher automatically reflowing other pages.
Drag the rightmost of the four pages to the left of the spread. Drop it when you see a blue line at the edge of the leftmost page.
While dragging, observe that we’ve introduced various new cursors that indicate the result to expect if you were to drop the thumbnail at various positions.

The dragged page is moved to the left of the spread, giving us a gatefold arrangement.

Another way of making this would be to make a four-page master. On the Pages Panel, select Add Master, apply the following settings on the dialog, then select OK:
Page Layout: Facing Page Count: 4 Spine Location: After Page: 2 You can then make a new four-page spread by dragging the master thumbnail from the top half of the panel to the bottom.
You can also convert an existing two-page spread, right click on a spread and select Apply Master, choose your 4 page master and set Conform Pages to Size & Count and select OK. The spread will be converted from two pages to four pages.
New option when applying a Master to fully conform the target spread to the master's page count and layout
When applying a master page, you can now choose “Size & Count” which will ensure the number of pages of the spread it is being applied to will match the master page

I love to work with artboards in Designer to create Flyers and other design elements all in one document. Designer also offers Bleed for artboards, which is great when creating PDFs for printing.
One thing is a bit annoying though: Designer will not show the elements within the bleed area. It will indicate the bleed edges, but not show anything outside of the artboard but within the bleed area. This sometimes makes it hard to see how the final output will look like. Perhaps adding an option to the viewing settings to enable this? Thanks!

For that you need to use Art Text
Attached is an Affinity document showing just Art Text layers with the appropriate decorations applied to them
Can (probably) also be done using the Text Frame panel in Publisher but more fun using decorations
Everything is configurable on the one layer
E.g.
Colours
Space to left of letters
Space to right of letters
Corner roundness
You would just need to resize them to the sizes you need and save as assets
 
 
 
 

arttext.afpub

I would like to chime in on this as well. I currently cannot use Affinity Designer for the commercial work I do. Though I love the tools and the non-destructive vector effects.

I am a Prepress Technician/Graphic Designer and all our files need to be prepared with the correct overprints and verifiable color separations. This is the first step in the Quality control process, and every print company I have worked for does this. Exporting to PDF, (which is not always accurate) is a workaround, which simply adds another step to the process,

Not to mention, if you are going to pay the sub for Acrobat, you might as well pay the sub for Illustrator. Acrobat should not be a solution for this issue.

Just like in InDesign or Illustrator

Thank you for taking the time to expose this! 
It also concerns keen graphic designers who like to check the files they send to printers. 
As you said:
Today, this control can only be done with additional software, once the work has been exported as a PDF.
It would be much more convenient to be able to check the quality of our work at any stage of the design process. 

Hello fellow Developers,
I trust everyone's having a productive coding day. I wanted to bring to light a topic that's incredibly relevant in the realm of Professional Print Production – the importance of Overprint Simulation and Color Separation, and why we need to integrate these features into the next version of Affinity Publisher and Designer.
The world of print production is complex, blending an intricate mix of color science, material properties, and digital-to-physical rendering. Overprint Simulation and color separation are two pivotal elements in this process, largely overlooked in many design software, including ours.
Overprint Simulation is the digital process of replicating the effect of printing one color on top of another. It's used to anticipate and prevent gaps or 'white halos' from appearing between colors due to misalignment - a common issue in print production. Overprint Simulation ensures clean, precise printing, particularly around intricate graphics and texts. It also facilitates unique color blending options that can be indispensable for graphic designers.
Color Separation, on the other hand, is the process of decomposing a graphic or image into the primary print colors – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (Black), collectively known as CMYK. This is fundamental in transforming digital designs into tangible print products. The precision and accuracy of color separation directly influence the quality of the final printed piece, making this an essential tool for professional designers and publishers.
Affinity Publisher and Designer, while powerfully equipped with many other advanced features, lack built-in overprint simulation and color separation functionalities. The absence of these features complicates the print production process and can negatively affect the print output. Our users currently have to depend on other software for these functions, which is far from ideal considering our goal to provide a complete and intuitive solution for professional design and publishing needs.
Implementing these features would significantly enhance the efficacy of Affinity Publisher and Designer for print production. Overprint Simulation controls would offer more control over how colors interact, reducing potential print issues and broadening the creative palette for designers. Robust color separation tools would ensure that designs are print-ready straight from our software, saving time, and reducing the risk of color discrepancies in the final product.
Not only would these features better serve our current user base, but they would also make Affinity Publisher and Designer more competitive in the professional design software market, potentially attracting new customers who primarily work in print.
In conclusion, I urge everyone to consider the significance of overprint simulation and color separation features in our future updates. These are not just bells and whistles – they're fundamental tools for print production. Let's help our users to transform their digital art into printed masterpieces with the accuracy and color fidelity they deserve.

Examples:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/inks-separations-screen-frequency.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/overprinting.html
Best Regards

I agree that Constraints would be a handy place for some of this.
Though, just being able to round the corners of a Text Frame (and having Text Frames in Designer) would solve one the OPs first examples.

In the UK, using a cookie banner where the "Accept" button is more prominent or visually attractive, like making it green, may be problematic under GDPR and the UK's data protection laws. This practice could be considered "nudge behavior" which tries to influence the user to accept cookies rather than providing a genuine, balanced choice between accepting or rejecting. According to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), consent must be freely given, and this means making both the "Accept" and "Reject" options equally visible and easy to select.
Highlighting the "Accept" button with colors like green, or using other visual cues to make it more appealing, could undermine the principle of providing an informed and unpressured decision. The ICO advises that cookie consent options should be presented in a way that allows users to make an informed choice without being nudged toward one option(
Best practice would be to ensure that both the "Accept" and "Reject" buttons are equally prominent, in terms of both size and color, to avoid any perception of bias or manipulation.   Homework and curriculum:   https://www.cookieyes.com/blog/dark-patterns-in-cookie-consent/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies/how-do-we-comply-with-the-cookie-rules/ https://www.legaledge.co.uk/2023/07/do-you-need-reject-all-on-your-cookies-banner/ https://secureprivacy.ai/blog/what-are-the-ico-cookie-guidelines

I regularly have to create newspaper advertisements for special offers. A typical layout construct is the special offer price in a highlighted rectangle or ellipse. There is also a strikethrough price. Creating both under the typical time pressure is very exhausting, as prices often change at the last minute. Then not only the text has to be changed, but also the overall shape and the strikethrough of the normal price. A lot of fine-tuning under time pressure.

 
The following two extensions would be nice:
 
1) Custom Strikethrough style
The strikethrough of the normal price could also be achieved with a standard text style. Unfortunately, many customers prefer a diagonal line through (behind) the price, as the numbers are then more legible than with a standard horizontal strikethrough. To achieve this, only a manually drawn path can be used, which then has to be laboriously moved underneath each price, as the length of the line also varies depending on the length of the number string. It would be useful to be able to assign the strikethrough of text as a user-defined style to a text. It would be important to be able to run any colored graphic diagonally over|behind the text, which automatically adjusts to the length of the text when changed. So it's basically an automatic form generation|transformation based on the bounding box of the editable text (typical graphic text for prices).

 
2) Automated shapes from text
The same applies to a typical box for a special price. This should also be generated automatically from the length and size of the editable text and should be freely designable. Illustrator has a halfway usable approach to this via the Appearance panel. In the example video below, a rectangle with padding is first generated from the bounding box of the editable text, which is then optically transformed in the Y direction. This appearance enables text to be changed quickly without having to change the box behind the text every time. In Illustrator, the appearance can at least be saved as a style and quickly transferred to new texts. This saves so much time, especially when text changes are made at the last minute.

2024-10-14-automated-shape-from-text_002.mp4    

Hello Designers in this Affinity Designer Guide I'll guide you through everything from user interface to all the tools and features. At almost 5 hours, it's a long video, but it's packed full of useful information, so whether you are a beginner or just brushing up on your skills this has everything you need to get started. 
I've broken it all down into chapters so it's easy to navigate to the chapter you want to learn from.
It took a long time to create so please do go have an look and take what information you need.  
With the 6 month free Trial on Affinity software, you now have a free way to learn everything. 
 
Enjoy