Create a text frame with a rounded corners in Publisher.

[soggybag]

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? 

[firstdefence]

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.

[soggybag]

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! 

[soggybag]

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. 

[thomaso]

There are various options to adjust the baseline for text, for instance as character property … or as text frame setting

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[soggybag]

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? 

[MikeTO]

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

[soggybag]

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!