Text on a curved line

[Wodentop]

Is there any way to place or type text on a curved line or inside of a circle In Affinity Photo.

I will never use all of the tools and extras in Designer. also as on a pension cannot afford the two programs, I also only use Photo as a hobby.

[walt.farrell]

It's a function that exists only in Designer, but given the file interchange possibilities between Designer and Photo someone could give you a curved line or ellipse in a .afdesign file that was setup for text on a path, and you could open it, and copy it, in Photo.

It's also possible to create macros using the Photo and Designer Personas of Publisher that make this a bit easier.

So, here's a .afmacros file: Walt's Macros.afmacros

If you're running Photo 1.8, you should be able to import that into your Library studio panel. View > Studio > Library, then click on the hamburger menu to the right of the Library studio tab, and choose Import Macros.

After that, you should have the macro available in the Library, in the category Walt's Macros. With your curved line or ellipse selected, click on the Text on Path macro, and your object will become a Curve Path Text layer. You can then use the Artistic Text Tool to add your text to it.

For more information on Text on a Path, see the Designer Help, here.

[G13RL]

Hello Wodentop,

I found on the French forum a Photo file proposed by the administrator with text in a circle and on a curve. You can use it as you wish by modifying the curve or the circle to fit your needs.

Here is the link:

https://app.box.com/s/t65a6wrdlgcjkw6c2644mxx618hswkis

I hope this helps.

[Tormy]

Excellent. Macrs worked out. I do hope they will implement this on Photo directly once forever, avoiding to hunt for the macros :-) Great. thank you again to all of you