Whats the in- and outside of a brush in Affinity Designer?

[recepgulgun]

I made some islands and edited the 'coastlines' with a brush I bought called 'vintage nautical map brushes'. So these are brushes that can be used as boundary lines and coastlines to make maps. As you can see on some of the coastlines (the blue ones) these brushes are, as they should be, neatly from thick to thin.

While with other objects (the red ones) they are the other way around, so from thin to thick. Not how it's meant to be.

What exactly am I doing wrong or how can I change this? In other words: how can I control the inside and outside of a brush for a line?

The originale file:

islands - kopie.afdesign

[Washishu]

I don't know this for 100% certain but I have a suspicion that it might something to do with the direction you are drawing the line in. Try drawing a simple line from left to right and then right to left. This should show if there is any difference.

[NotMyFault]

Just use the node tool, and click „reverse“. This should solve the issue.

[PixelPest]

Just a quick note: Align: "inside/outside" will just work on closed paths/curves.

[Old Bruce]

8 hours ago, recepgulgun said:

What exactly am I doing wrong or how can I change this? In other words: how can I control the inside and outside of a brush for a line?

Reverse the curve. The U-turn arrow.

[recepgulgun]

Yes, the inverse button via the Node Tool solved this 'problem'. Thank you all.