Outside Shadow + Outline Help

[Demonskunk]

I'm trying to switch to Affinity Publisher so I don't have to keep giving Adobe money, but I keep running into weird problems.

The current one is that if I put a stroke on letters that are too close together, they overlap each other. If I remove the stroke and add an Outline effect, the Outer Shadow ignores the outline and only shadows the original text.

And while I'm at it, is there a way to force the outline to have hard corners? I'm trying to keep consistency with my logo.

[GarryP]

If you want the Stroke to be drawn in a way that is doesn’t overlay the other characters then the “Order: Draw stoke behind” setting in the Stroke Panel should do what you want.

If you want to make the 'corners' of the stroke square you can set the “Join: Mitre join” setting.

Note: I don’t think that you can make the Outline Effect have square corners, but I’d be happy to learn otherwise.

Note: In Photo you can access these settings via the relevant Context Toolbar control (Photo doesn’t have a Stroke Panel).

See attached video for a demonstration of both (video recorded in Designer but it should be the same in Publisher).

If you want something different then we will probably need more details.

 

Edited November 5, 2023 by GarryP
Added note.

[Demonskunk]

21 hours ago, GarryP said:

If you want the Stroke to be drawn in a way that is doesn’t overlay the other characters then the “Order: Draw stoke behind” setting in the Stroke Panel should do what you want.

If you want to make the 'corners' of the stroke square you can set the “Join: Mitre join” setting.

Note: I don’t think that you can make the Outline Effect have square corners, but I’d be happy to learn otherwise.

Note: In Photo you can access these settings via the relevant Context Toolbar control (Photo doesn’t have a Stroke Panel).

See attached video for a demonstration of both (video recorded in Designer but it should be the same in Publisher).

If you want something different then we will probably need more details.

 

 

Order: Draw Stroke Behind is exactly what I needed, thank you!

[GarryP]

You're welcome.

[KarinC]

I like this method of outlining text.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne63HqO4Pho

 

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, KarinC said:

I like this method of outlining text.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne63HqO4Pho

That method converts text to curve objects so it is destructive, meaning the text can no longer be edited afterwards,

Fine if that isn't important; not good if it is.