Curves will not add correctly

[Rachel75]

I am trying to add all the words and letters together (for the object in the middle of the screen, disregard the one to the right) so that it is one curve. I will be cutting this out of wood with a laser printer so I need it to all be connected. I do this a lot, but sometimes I run into a problem where some of the curves disappear or the curve changes and just won’t add correctly. Right now I have all the letters for each word added together except the “w” on Matthew. That’s where my problem starts. Once I get the “w” to add correctly, I need to add all the words together to make one solid shape. Can someone help me to understand what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

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[Dan C]

Hi @Rachel75,

Thanks for your file provided!

This appears to be a bug within Affinity, which I'm logging with our devs now - however I have also found a workaround to add these layers correctly.

• Select the 'W' layer
• Open the Edit menu, change the Fill Mode from Winding to Alternate
• In the Layers Studio, move the 'W' layer below the 'Matthe' curve layer
• Select both layers, then in the Edit menu use Add

You should find these are now added together correctly, I've attached a quick screen recording of this here: 

 

I hope this helps