How to auto scale text on a curve?

[pomme27]

I want to scale down an object using the Transform panel. But when I do so, the "text on curve" does not auto scale down with the object. Attached is a screenshot showing the result I get. Also attached is my Affinity Designer file.

To scale down the object with the text, the only thing I do is type a smaller width value in the Transform box.

Any thoughts on how to do this? I have a lot of objects with text on curves, so I'm hoping that I'm making some silly mistake and won't have to scale the text manually. Thx.

 

Temp.afdesign.zip

[Catshill]

Have you used the outer drag handle to change the size of the object. It will also change the font size as required.

[pomme27]

Yes, I have. But my project contains hundreds of objects with curved text. Dragging a handle is, of course, not a complex task, but it's an extra step, and it introduces the chance of error (that the object is scaled to a different size from the text). 

Is there really no solution that scales the object and its curved text all in one step?

[Old Bruce]

7 minutes ago, pomme27 said:

Is there really no solution that scales the object and its curved text all in one step?

You could try using the outer handle after selecting all the items and using the "Transform Objects Separately" option in the Context toolbar while the Move tool is chosen. It doesn't allow you to use the Transform Panel. It also won't change the items to be all the same size.

[JariH]

Yikes!

I just bumped into this. When selecting the group and scaling, I expect everything to scale nicely. In other programs, scaling has always worked like the second example below. Scaling text with shapes was a bit challenging today.

 

 

 

[JariH]

Oops,

I need to select the button here - not just tick the options. (One learns.)

[Oufti]

Or use the outer handle (green arrow), not other handles (circled in red).