Multiline text on curve [Designer]

[dphoto2]

Hello. 

Is it possible to get multi-lines of text on a curve in Designer? (or Publisher or Photo).

Currently, the only way I can accomplish this is to copy the path, move it, then replace the text with the next line. It would be nice to be able to do this with one step rather than two.

Thanks.

MacOS 13.1, M1
Affinity 2x apps updated to latest

 

[GarryP]

I don’t think you can do it with a single Text on Path layer, but I would be happy to be proven wrong.

I would try using a Warp Group instead – maybe Arc Horizontal.

[dphoto2]

Thanks. This will suffice. It seems the option was moved to a different spot in v2?

[GarryP]

31 minutes ago, dphoto2 said:

It seems the option was moved to a different spot in v2?

Which option is that?

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, GarryP said:

I don’t think you can do it with a single Text on Path layer

It's a shame that you can't use Shift+Enter to write in two/more lines. Defining a shape/curve using the Warp Tool is not that easy.

[GarryP]

17 hours ago, Pšenda said:

It's a shame that you can't use Shift+Enter to write in two/more lines.

I’m not sure how that would work in practice.
If the software allowed multi-line text on a path then, in some situations, at some point, the text could ‘exceed’ the path, and I don’t know what I would expect in those situations – see attached mock-up image. (Or maybe I'm just not thinking about it right and it would be fine.)
If it were easier to manipulate curves using a Warp Group then that might not be such a problem.

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, GarryP said:

If the software allowed multi-line text on a path then, in some situations, at some point, the text could ‘exceed’ the path, and I don’t know what I would expect in those situations – see attached mock-up image.

But this can happen even in the current "one-line" solution. Simply, when the length of the text together with its size exceeds the boundaries of the line, undesirable and often unexpected deformations begin to occur.
For multi-line text, vertical alignment could be applied, so that the lines would be centered around the guide line, the line spacing could be changed, which, unlike the N.P.M. still kept correct/undeformed spacing, etc.

[loukash]

21 hours ago, dphoto2 said:

Is it possible to get multi-lines of text on a curve in Designer? (or Publisher or Photo).

Another option:
Some time ago I have posted an IDML template with linked text-on-path frames. That's something you can do in InDesign but not in Publisher. However, Publisher will import those linked paths and keep the links intact. The paths can then be edited just like any other curves.

linked_text_on_path.idml