Curved text tool now available?

[pomme27]

I asked this question some time ago, but there have been some Affinity Designer updates in the interim so I thought I'd ask again. Is there now a tool in Designer Persona that makes it easier to create the type of curve as shown at the bottom of the word "MOTORCYCLES" in the attached image? Thx.

[Old Bruce]

10 minutes ago, pomme27 said:

Is there now a tool in Designer Persona that makes it easier to create the type of curve as shown at the bottom of the word "MOTORCYCLES" in the attached image? Thx.

Layer > Warp Group > Arc Horizontal.

[pomme27]

How did you adjust the bottom of the text (to a curve) without altering the top (keeping it straight)? The Warp Group > Arc Horizontal curves both the top and bottom. I can apply a quad mesh and adjust the handles, I guess.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, pomme27 said:

Just play with the handles?

That will work.

[Alfred]

38 minutes ago, R C-R said:

That will work.

Adjusting only the bottom (or the top) is probably quite a common requirement. There should be an easier way than playing with the handles.

[R C-R]

15 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Adjusting only the bottom (or the top) is probably quite a common requirement. There should be an easier way than playing with the handles.

Agreed. There are several improvements needed for the function, including that, better snapping options, a way to collapse a warp node to a sharp point (like via option-clicking on a node handle for a regular shape vector), & so on.

[pomme27]

OK, got it. Not a big deal. I was just hoping for something more automated, I guess. Thanks all for your help.

[dominik]

12 hours ago, R C-R said:

Agreed. There are several improvements needed for the function, including that, better snapping options, a way to collapse a warp node to a sharp point (like via option-clicking on a node handle for a regular shape vector), & so on.

Serif staff indicated in the past that warp groups will see more development in the future. My guess is we will see some of it in the 2.2 bety cycle.

d.

[GarryP]

15 hours ago, pomme27 said:

How did you adjust the bottom of the text (to a curve) without altering the top (keeping it straight)?

Unless I’m missing something about the requirements, you can bend the bottom of the text by using a Quad Warp Group and then dragging the centre of the bottom of the bounding box – see attached video.

[firstdefence]

Needs an option for Presets.

 

[Alfred]

7 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Needs an option for Presets.

It needs an option for used-created presets, but it also needs more preset presets to begin with!

[firstdefence]

3 minutes ago, Alfred said:

It needs an option for used-created presets, but it also needs more preset presets to begin with!

Not a fan of preset presets, the problem of preset presets presents itself with preset presets not being presented perfectly for ones predilection. 

[pomme27]

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

Unless I’m missing something about the requirements, you can bend the bottom of the text by using a Quad Warp Group and then dragging the centre of the bottom of the bounding box

Yes, that is what I did. Thx.

[walt.farrell]

19 hours ago, pomme27 said:

How did you adjust the bottom of the text (to a curve) without altering the top (keeping it straight)? The Warp Group > Arc Horizontal curves both the top and bottom.

You can grab and drag the bottom line of the Arc to adjust it.

[Twolane]

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Unless I’m missing something about the requirements, you can bend the bottom of the text by using a Quad Warp Group and then dragging the centre of the bottom of the bounding box – see attached video.

Well now. That was certainly simple enough. Thanks!

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, GarryP said:

Unless I’m missing something about the requirements, you can bend the bottom of the text by using a Quad Warp Group and then dragging the centre of the bottom of the bounding box – see attached video.

That works but annoyingly, dragging the bottom up doesn't support snapping so you have to eyeball it to get a uniform symmetrical mesh.

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

That works but annoyingly, dragging the bottom up doesn't support snapping so you have to eyeball it to get a uniform symmetrical mesh.

I place a vertical guide in the centre, so I know where to grab. I then place a horizontal guide where I want to release it. And finally just zoom in a lot. 'Tis extremely frustrating that snapping is disabled for this.