Can you create a paragraph style separator using an image?

[weegiegrum]

I'm not sure how to explain this properly, but what I'm trying to do is create a separator between paragraphs or sections, like:

+ + +

or ***

but using a simple line-art image of my choice. I want to be able to create a style that will automatically insert it with correct sizing, leading, etc., without having to manually add a picture frame, insert the image, set the frame wrapping etc., as they tend to drift around when the text is formatted, even when an anchor is attached to the nearest bit of text.

I know how to do this with Wingdings, webings and so on, but is it possible to use an image?

[MikeTO]

You can't define an image as part of paragraph formatting or text styles.

Why not just use an inline image? There's no need for a picture frame and while floating images will "drift around" an inline image will not.

[Old Bruce]

You could try playing about with Copy the picture and Paste it into the text. Works for me if I have the image the appropriate size to start with. Set up a Paragraph Style called A Break and set the Spacing to appropriate values and see what happens.

[weegiegrum]

33 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

You could try playing about with Copy the picture and Paste it into the text. Works for me if I have the image the appropriate size to start with. Set up a Paragraph Style called A Break and set the Spacing to appropriate values and see what happens.

That's a good tip - I'll try playing around with that and see if I can get it working. Thanks both!

[thomaso]

Another option might be to create a font of your "simple line-art image". It appears Affinity supports such unless it's a colour font.

https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/87018/create-font-using-png-files

https://fontello.com/

For further needs you could ad your vote to a feature request like this: