Text blocks not accessibele in eps format with Designer

[Theodor]

Hi, I have six different designs all saved in eps format. I have to be able to make changes in the text blocks. All design elements are fully accessible in Designer accept for the text blocks. Designer recognizes them as frames or layers filled with shapes and as so does not allow any regular text handling, such as cut or copy, choose other text fonts, change color, line height, character spacing etc. In Illustrator everything works just fine: all elements, including text frames are fully accessible and can be manipulated according to my wishes.

I tried converting eps to pdf with the same result. Even so trying to convert it to an Affinity file format. So, help! What to do next? One of the reasons I choose Designer was for its ability to work with eps file format, beside other features coming with it.

[Old Bruce]

The text may not be text.

[Theodor]

13 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

The text may not be text.

As I have said, in Illustrator it all works fine. 

[DWright]

This normally occurs when the .EPS file contains embedded Adobe Illustrator data that Affinity can't read. This is because the .EPS format doesn't support features such as blend effects, transparency, mesh fills etc. Unfortunately, there's little we can do and we would suggest that you get a .PDF copy of the file to use in Affinity.

[Theodor]

8 hours ago, DWright said:

This normally occurs when the .EPS file contains embedded Adobe Illustrator data that Affinity can't read. This is because the .EPS format doesn't support features such as blend effects, transparency, mesh fills etc. Unfortunately, there's little we can do and we would suggest that you get a .PDF copy of the file to use in Affinity.

Thanks! It sounds at least plausible. Converting to PDF in Affinity does not resolve the problem, but maybe your suggestion could. I'll try.