Affinity Designer

[DennisD]

The Affinity Designer app may be precisely what I need for a task-at-hand. But before I commit to a purchase, I would like confirmation that Designer will do what I need.  Which is this: I need to annotate a topological map with the names of certain features like creeks, rivers, roads and so on. These features are generally somewhat "windy"...like the irregular line of a creek flow, as one example.  What I need is a tool in which I can draw a smooth path along the feature (image a flattened, gentle "S" shape on it's side), then clip that path and paste It into Designer, then type the feature on the path, then copy the curved text and paste it into the map. Will Affinity Designer allow me to do this?

MapSection.pdf

[RNKLN]

Looks and sounds like Text on a Path. Not sure if you can paste the patch from an external source, though. You probably have to draw a curve following a feature like a creek.

[Alfred]

13 hours ago, DennisD said:

The Affinity Designer app may be precisely what I need for a task-at-hand. But before I commit to a purchase, I would like confirmation that Designer will do what I need.

A free trial is available. It's fully functional, but please note that it’s strictly limited to ten calendar days from the moment you first launch it.

https://affin.co/designertrial

[DennisD]

Thank you, Alfred for telling me about the free trial.  I'll download it later today.

And thank you! RHKLN for showing me an example of exactly what I need to do. I think my search for a text-on-path is over.

[Pšenda]

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Text/pathText.html

[DennisD]

36 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Text/pathText.html

Perfect! Thank you.