putude Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 I have a problem with the cursor. I have a difficulty choosing the bottom layer. I see the cursor is very big. I tried changing the font but it didn't work. Is there any way to fix this? GRAFKOM 1 Quote
PaulEC Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Does it help if you select the layer, in the layers panel, first? If not, could you attach a file where you have this problem? Quote Acer XC-895 : Windows 11 Home : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) – Also all apps on 12.9" (Second Generation) iPad Pro, OS Version 17.7.5 Old Lenovo laptop : Windows 10 - v1 and latest beta versions of all Affinity apps – Ancient Toshiba laptop: Vista - PagePlus X9, DrawPlus X8, PhotoPlus X8 etc
putude Posted February 4, 2023 Author Posted February 4, 2023 I usually double-click it to edit, not select from the layer. when I double-click the "LAYER BELOW" text, it will select the "TOP" text (TOP text is the top of the layer). It never happens in the previous version. My OS is Windows 11. Quote
walt.farrell Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 The "TOP" text extends further up than you realize, which may explain your cursor size. That is a known problem, but not yet fixed. Perhaps we will see the fix in the next beta. In the meantime, you may need to select using the Layers panel when you have closely laid-out text layers like that. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
David Battistella Posted Monday at 01:31 PM Posted Monday at 01:31 PM (edited) I am still having this issue. Could it have something to do with leading in the text panel? Hard to understand but the selected text is three times the size of a line of text. Maybe it could be something in my body text preset? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. David Screen Recording 2025-03-17 at 14.50.02.mov Edited Monday at 01:51 PM by David Battistella screen recording added Quote
Oufti Posted Monday at 02:37 PM Posted Monday at 02:37 PM 1 hour ago, David Battistella said: Could it have something to do with leading in the text panel? It would be clearer for us if you can provide us a screenshot of your Paragraph and Character panels with the text selected, or better a sample file… Quote Affinity Suite 2.5 – Monterey 12.7.5 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue.
David Battistella Posted Monday at 04:58 PM Posted Monday at 04:58 PM It has to do with the superscript section setting in the position and transform panel. Oufti 1 Quote
Oufti Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Good catch! Once this has been corrected, you may want to suppress the local Leading override in your style definition (you'd have to include the (10 pt) between parenthesis to go back to the default). It's normally sufficient to define leading in the paragraph section (9 pt will not be enough if you keep the body size of 12 pt). Local leading override, which is defined in the character section, is only helpful if, for example, you have a specially tall letter or an emoji 🧐 in your text that require local override. Quote Affinity Suite 2.5 – Monterey 12.7.5 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue.
David Battistella Posted Monday at 10:00 PM Posted Monday at 10:00 PM Thanks for the tips on leading. It is something I struggle with a bit. as i create these little A6 books, i want to have good readability but not bunch up the text too much. Much of the content is like short poems so page real estate is at a premium. mybe i’ll have to consult Grok for a leading lesson , unless anyone can recommend a good one. thanks, david Quote
Oufti Posted Monday at 10:27 PM Posted Monday at 10:27 PM 16 minutes ago, David Battistella said: mybe i’ll have to consult Grok for a leading lesson , unless anyone can recommend a good one. If you're serious in asking, I would recommend the wonderful Robert Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style. David Battistella and Old Bruce 2 Quote Affinity Suite 2.5 – Monterey 12.7.5 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue.
Old Bruce Posted Monday at 11:17 PM Posted Monday at 11:17 PM 47 minutes ago, Oufti said: If you're serious in asking, I would recommend the wonderful Robert Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style. I have a cousin who knows him as "Just some fellow". They don't understand my awe or my saying "He is a God." Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Old Bruce Posted Monday at 11:27 PM Posted Monday at 11:27 PM 1 hour ago, David Battistella said: mybe i’ll have to consult Grok for a leading lesson , unless anyone can recommend a good one. Rules of thumb: For body text choose your font size, 11, 12, 8, whatever. Add a point and that is your Exact leading. 11 on 12, 12 on 13 and 8 on 9. For Headings with 14 or 20 or 48 points add more than one point. Use Exact not %, Default, Lines, or anything else. There are no hard fast rules, what looks good is good. Finally remember that some fonts will have smaller letters than others when both are set to the same point size. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
David Battistella Posted Tuesday at 12:33 PM Posted Tuesday at 12:33 PM 14 hours ago, Oufti said: If you're serious in asking, I would recommend the wonderful Robert Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style. Thank you so much for this reminder. I owned this book before I changed continents! It's a great reminder to look at it again. When one is not doing layout each and every day, some of the basics can be lead astray. We need refreshers. Thanks again! David Oufti 1 Quote
David Battistella Posted Tuesday at 12:34 PM Posted Tuesday at 12:34 PM 13 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Rules of thumb: For body text choose your font size, 11, 12, 8, whatever. Add a point and that is your Exact leading. 11 on 12, 12 on 13 and 8 on 9. For Headings with 14 or 20 or 48 points add more than one point. Use Exact not %, Default, Lines, or anything else. There are no hard fast rules, what looks good is good. Finally remember that some fonts will have smaller letters than others when both are set to the same point size. thanks so much for this as a guideline! David Quote
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