omegaman Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Has this feature been implemented yet? If so, how is it done? Thanks. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 10, 2014 Staff Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hi omegaman, No, it's not available yet, but it's coming. For more info on new features check the Feature Roadmap posted by TonyB. scb 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaman Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thanks MEB. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxClass Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Until there is “text on a curve” you would probably have to create each letter individually, then place and rotate them to fit. Okay for one word or two but obviously not handy for a full sentence. Max P.S. Peter, very nice site down under by the way. Totally professional. Quote OS X Ventura 13.0.1, Mac Studio M1 Max, 27" Apple Studio Display, 32 GB SSD. Affinity Universal License for 2.0. Mac User & Programmer since 1985 to date. Author of “SignPost” for vinyl sign cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaman Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Thanks Max. I resorted to using Illustrator for the curved text and exported it to PDF and then imported that into Affinity. Did exactly what you suggested for a late addition of three words to the project. Not so hard. And thank you for the compliment regarding my website. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxClass Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Someone else mentioned wanting to be able to do things like perspective and distorted text. Since I have been a personal friend of Ken Stillman, the author of TypeStyler, for the past 28 years I can highly recommend that application for doing just about any type of text distortions one can imagine including text on a curve. With that in mind I have attempted to use TypeStyler to create some special text effects. TypeStyler can turn text into outlines and export in AI format and also as a PDF. Unfortunately AD is not able to read in the AI file that TypeStyler produces but it can import the PDF version directly. Unfortunately again, AD sees all the outlined text as one big object. You can use the node tool to adjust any individual node but when selecting any part on one letter all the nodes for all the characters show up at once. It is as though they are all grouped but AD will not give you the option to ungroup them as it probably does not see them as grouped. Never the less you can import distorted text using this option currently. I also tried to copy individual characters and paste them back in but it only copies the entire text and pastes back in a complete duplicate so right back at the starting point. It is possible that AD will make some adjustments in the future once they get other things taken care of. I will also get with Ken of TypeStyler to see if there might be a minor tweek on that end that can be fixed if needed. Max Quote OS X Ventura 13.0.1, Mac Studio M1 Max, 27" Apple Studio Display, 32 GB SSD. Affinity Universal License for 2.0. Mac User & Programmer since 1985 to date. Author of “SignPost” for vinyl sign cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indent Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 That's the first thing I needed to do on my first paid job (a roundel logo) using AD - fit text to a curve! Typical eh?! So it's Illustrator to the rescue but I'll bring it straight back into AD when I've got the curved text just right ... I promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomFulery Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Until Affinity Designer gets a place-type-on-curve function, there is also a great creative type-shaping app called ArtText 2, which can customize & texturize type in virtually every imaginable way, for only $20 on the Appstore. There's also an amazing free version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Unfortunately ou are not right, TomFulery. ArtText 2 is not able to do text on path. It is able to distort text, but that is something really different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBF Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I don't see Text On A Curve in the 1.3.5 update, so I assume it has not been implemented yet. Any word on when it might come? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 20, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hi JohnBF, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) This was already implemented in Affinity Designer (Layer ▹ Convert to Text Path). You can also mouse-over a path with the Artistic Text tool until the cursor changes to an A with a wave line below and start typing. This feature is not available in Affinity Photo. JohnBF 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspaul Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great! How do you shift the text to the inside of the circle, or the other side of the line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Strawberry Monkey Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great! How do you shift the text to the inside of the circle, or the other side of the line? HI Konspaul, Check out the tutorial made for text on a path https://vimeo.com/121654574 Should have all your answers. Allan Konspaul 1 Quote About me: Trainer at Apple, Freelance Video Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, Website Designer, Photographer. Yes I like creating things!!! Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mystrawberrymonkey/ Twitter: @StrawberryMnky @imAllanThompson Web: mystrawberrymonkey.com Portfolio: behance.net/allanthompson YouTube: Affinity Designer & Photo Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 26, 2015 Staff Share Posted November 26, 2015 Hi Konspaul, Just press Enter, and start typing. You may need to adjust the baseline in the context toolbar to place the letters outside the circle. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspaul Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Marvelous! So it is the baseline option! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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