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Nice to see this Ash but... when will the 'invisible characters' issue be fixed 😀 It's still a no-brainer for me to be honest. Well done though for this little surprise! PS. Good luck with the merger.

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Nice work! I think I remember, way back when in the 80's, originally doing something similar to create the original version I did. The problem is: why does it have to be so bloody difficult; it should be pretty obvious how to do this. You live and you learn! Once again thanks for your help; it just goes to show: a problem shared is a problem halfed 😀

Hi Bit Arts, The tool in both Illustrator and Designer is helpfully called the Shape Builder Tool. You can see from the attached file what I was trying to do... I'm sure this used to be really easy in Illustrator but now it's a pain in the ass! I had to create 7 versions of the double heptagram and use the Shape Builder of the seven separate sections (deleting all that wasn't needed). What a malarky. I started way back in the late 80s with this stuff, and to my way of thinking, things have just got more (unnecessarily) complicated. I like being challenged but, this is plain stupid; what happened to things just doing what they are supposed to do? 😂

The only problem now is, when using the Shape Blender Tool (I think they call it that!) to try and create an intertwined look for the Heptagram, it doesn't do a very good job at all; it leaves lines all over the place. A work in progress mi thinks. I shall spend a few more hours on it (tomorrow) and see if I find it useful. Thanks.

I tried everything but that! Many thanks for the speedy correct answer... I can now rest easy 😂

As Affinity Designer had an interesting update I thought I'd give it a try... to my chagrin I found I couldn't make an Heptogram (7-pointed star) but I could make a pentagram (5 points). For some reason the Heptogram seemed to break itself into 7 smaller triangles - this only happens when you connect the last point; before that it just looks like regular lines overlapping each other. I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason for this happening but, I'll be dammed if I can work it out! Can anyone shed light on this? Thanks in advance.

Hi, just a simple one here; is there a way of breaking the locked status of a text box created on a Master Page setup? It would be useful...

Just a quicky here... I've been giving Designer the once over (again) to see if anything has changed. I find when I copy and paste text, from InDesign, it seems to carry over text regarding any Index markers I've made; obviously I don't want or need that so, is there a 'correct' way of bring ing text in without the Index marker text?

I thought as much!

Just thought I'de try Designer 2 and came across a bit of a problem straight away... In the Glyph Browser window (having installed a Hebrew font I'm working on) I noticed just how small the fonts looked (it was set on the largest viewing size), so small in fact, that I found it difficult to distinguish which letter was which. Is there no way to make these larger? This is a reason not to go to Designer and stay with Illustrator (which has problems of its own!)

GarryP I think you make my point exactly... if you zoom into the Publisher section you will be able to make out some tiny little marks between the words; whereas, the InDesign section seems perfectly clear to me. quod erat demonstrandum!

MikeTO: So you haven't put identical docs side by side then! I'm using an 2017 iMac and when I put the docs side by side it is quite obvious that the 'special characters' are not the same size; in fact they don't come close. It's not until I go to 400% in Publisher, and InDesign still at 200%, that they look relatively the same. If you can't replicate what I did accurately don't bother making baseless comments; I'm trying to find things out and help others who may be suffering the same problems and I don't need or want your pointless comments thank you! GarryP: If I say something is 'too small', guess what, I think it's too small and I would like it to be 'bigger'! The Publisher 'Show Special Characters' feature is 'too small' compared to the one's used by Adobe InDesign, which to my sight, is just about right; the one's used by Apple Pages are a tad too big for me. As I say above, the InDesign characters are about twice the size of the one's used by Affinity Publisher. If you think the size in Publisher is fine and dandy, then that's OK for you but, for me they are just 'too small' to be useful. I hope this clarifies things. Good day... For those who feel they have to have 'proof' I append a useful pdf. Special Characters.pdf

The 'Invisibles' in Apple Pages may be large but, at least you can see them!