JonathanBowen Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hello. You may have read my earlier question. I think that I'm going to abandon the monogram idea for now because I'm so picky. I'd like to create a logo with text above and below the horizontal axis of the circle but I don't know how to do it in Affinity Designer. Here's an image that might help to help you understand that it is that I'm going for. I can get the text above the horizontal axis but I'm having trouble getting it below the horizontal axis. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 3, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hello JonathanBowen, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To create text-on-a-path, select the shape you want to use as the path (a circle in this case), change to the Artistic Text tool and mouse over the circle until the cursor changes to a "T" with a small wave below. Then just click and start typing. For more info please check those video tutorials: - Text on a path (basics/tip) - Text on a path Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanBowen Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thanks. I watched both videos. The issue is that I need to create two separate instances of text on the same path; text above the horizontal plane and text below the horizontal plane. The videos don't address that instance. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thanks. I watched both videos. The issue is that I need to create two separate instances of text on the same path; text above the horizontal plane and text below the horizontal plane. The videos don't address that instance. Thanks. Horizontal plane? Please explain so we can try to help. Your example does not seem that its something AD can't already do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thanks. I watched both videos. The issue is that I need to create two separate instances of text on the same path; text above the horizontal plane and text below the horizontal plane. The videos don't address that instance. Thanks. Just hit Return after having created the first part of your text … then adjust both parts by using the red wedges on the circle and by changing baseline shift from the context tool bar … (I assume this is what Jonathan meant) … :) Text.afdesign anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 You can also select the circle and use Layer > Convert to Text Path. This will place the red arrows so that you get two semi-circles, one for text above and one for text below, without having to move the arrows by hand. Use Return to split the text as A_B_C says. You will probably want to use centred alignment, and use the control in the context toolbar to adjust the vertical position of the text below so it matches. A_B_C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielmoji Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hello, and if i want do a text in perspective or with effects, what can i do? just like pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi Danielmoji, Do you have Affinity Photo? If so, you could use the Perspective Filter (latest Beta) or the Perspective Tool for creating the larger logo texts … on the other hand, you will need to have Affinity Designer for using the text-on-a-path feature, as it isn’t available in Affinity Photo … Does that help? :) Cheers, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT101 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hi MEB or other - I just got Affinity 1.6.6 and I'm trying to do this text-on-a-path with a circle as per Vimeo example, but I get no "~" symbol when hovering on the circle (after clicking artistic text) to activate the text input, nor do I see, from the other example, any Layer\Convert To Text Path menu....I only see Convert To Curves. What gives? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, JT101 said: Hi MEB or other - I just got Affinity 1.6.6 and I'm trying to do this text-on-a-path with a circle as per Vimeo example, but I get no "~" symbol when hovering on the circle (after clicking artistic text) to activate the text input, nor do I see, from the other example, any Layer\Convert To Text Path menu....I only see Convert To Curves. What gives? Thanks. Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @JT101. It sounds as though you're using Affinity Photo. The 'Text on a Path' feature is only available natively in Affinity Designer, but you can use the file attached to this post to work around that restriction. 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...
JT101 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 thanks much Alfred, but there's no explanation as to what to do with it. Post says: maybe the attached file will help, just copy and paste the text. and you have text on a path in photo textonapath.afphoto ....a) it's not text, it's a binary (when I open it in Notepad anyway), and b) paste it WHERE? Complete info please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT101 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 hi Alfred, never mind, I get it. It's an Affinity file...got 'er working, thanks again. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magdaskin Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Hi! I have this problem, but in my IPad version. Can anyone help me? How can I place the second part of the text outside de circle? I am getting mad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 10 hours ago, Magdaskin said: Hi! I have this problem, but in my IPad version. Can anyone help me? How can I place the second part of the text outside de circle? I am getting mad... https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/video/273647336/ Magdaskin 1 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...
Magdaskin Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I've tried. But I want, the second part of the text, out of the circle too, but not in the same direction, so the same reading direction as seen in the picture attached. What am I not doing well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Hello Magdaskin, If the bottom text looks like the one on your screenshot, select it and adjust the height of the baseline to push it outside the circle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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