jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Is there a way to change Frame text to Artistic text without retyping? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 No, not at the moment (with version 1.8.3.x). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, jackamus said: Is there a way to change Frame text to Artistic text without retyping? You could copy and paste - a bit quicker than retyping! firstdefence 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, GarryP said: No, not at the moment (with version 1.8.3.x). No change in the 1.8.4.3 beta Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, PaulEC said: You could copy and paste - a bit quicker than retyping! How do I change copied Frame text to Artistic text before pasting? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Click anywhere in your Text Frame and choose menu “Select → Select All” (or select the text you want to ‘convert’), then use the Copy function (CTRL+C, etc.), then create your Artistic Text (without typing anything) and use the Paste function (CTRL+V, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Edit - Like GarryP said. (Beat me to it!) Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 27 minutes ago, GarryP said: Click anywhere in your Text Frame and choose menu “Select → Select All” (or select the text you want to ‘convert’), then use the Copy function (CTRL+C, etc.), then create your Artistic Text (without typing anything) and use the Paste function (CTRL+V, etc.). This doesn't seem to work. See my attached file. There are three dimensions and so that I can resize them (scale with object) I will have to convert the Frame text into Artistic text. To help with this I have put them on a separate layer so that I can change them to Artistic text in one go. Can you use this file to demonstrate the change? Dimensions 2.afdesign Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Seems to work fine for me, see attached video. You might need to select the Text Frame with the Text Frame Tool as your Text Frame layers are below the other layers. 2020-08-02 12-32-52.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, jackamus said: so that I can change them to Artistic text in one go You’re only copying the (three pieces of) text, not the container objects, so you can’t change them all in one go. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 AH! Sorry I misunderstood what you meant. This would be very laborious. Is there no way to do all the text at the same time? That's why I put them on a separate layer. If this is the only way then I would simply rasterize the whole drawing and resize that. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 One of the oddities I found in this exercise was that when a Constraint is applied to a group like this dimension file I had to make the right and left hand strokes twice as thick as the horizontal one in order for them all to appear 0.5pt think. What is going on here? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, jackamus said: One of the oddities I found in this exercise was that when a Constraint is applied to a group like this dimension file I had to make the right and left hand strokes twice as thick as the horizontal one in order for them all to appear 0.5pt [thick]. What is going on here? I’m just guessing, Jack, but it sounds as though it might be a stroke alignment issue. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Can you see what I mean when you look at the file? Is this a possible bug? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, jackamus said: Can you see what I mean when you look at the file? Is this a possible bug? I hadn’t downloaded it until now (which is why I said I was just guessing) but I do indeed see what you mean. Changing the stroke alignment doesn’t seem to have any visual effect. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Is this a bug? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 43 minutes ago, jackamus said: Is this a bug? “If it walks like a duck....” 🦆 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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