soggybag Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I'd like to create a text frame with a background color and rounded corners in Affinity Publisher. Imagine an image that has a number in a circle to label something on a page. Is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Use the rounded rectangle tool, pull out a shape and choose whatever colour you want the background to be then right click on the shape and select "Convert to Text Frame" from the right click menu. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soggybag Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: Use the rounded rectangle tool, pull out a shape and choose whatever colour you want the background to be then right click on the shape and select "Convert to Text Frame" from the right click menu. Thanks that works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soggybag Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 I've got a rounded text frame with some digits but if the frame is too small the text is forced out of the box. This seems to be an effect of the typographic properties. Which property do I need to set allow the numbers to appear in a smaller text frame? Here is an image to illustrate the question. These are all copies of the same text frame. It appears there needs to be a little bit of space to the left and right. Without this space the text gets pushed down. This happens in the circular frame at the bottom. This frame is a little narrower than the frame above, this pushes the text below the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 There are various options to adjust the baseline for text, for instance as character property … or as text frame setting … Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soggybag Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Thanks, that worked great! I'm trying to add a stroke to the Text frame but using the stroke palette seems to only add a stroke to the characters and not the box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 26 minutes ago, soggybag said: I'm trying to add a stroke to the Text frame but using the stroke palette seems to only add a stroke to the characters and not the box? You need to use the Text Frame panel to set the fill and stroke for the frame instead of for the characters. I found the approach to be confusing, too, the first time I used it. I've written instructions for how to do this in the text frames section of the free Publisher manual I've shared in this forum. The link is in my signature. Cheers Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.3 from this forum - expanded 260-page PDF Affinity 2.3.1 for macOS Sonoma 14.3, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soggybag Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Thanks that's really helpful! I would have replied sooner but apparently I had reached the limit to the number of posts I can make in a day! MikeTO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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