Affinity Photo text resize - how to turn off auto warp?

[Andi Saitenhieb]

How can the auto warp text (is that the name of the function?) in Affinity Photo be turned off?
I only want to resize the layer size to fit in more text, not distort the text.
See image below.
Thank you! 🙂

[GarryP]

My first guess is that you could be using the wrong type of text layer for your needs.

Have you tried using a Frame Text layer instead of an Artistic Text layer?

[firstdefence]

If you are using Artistic Text tool, just click on Artistic text box and type additional text, the box will expand to accommodate the additional text.

Using the Text Frame tool allows you to expand the frame without affecting the text. 

[Andi Saitenhieb]

23 minutes ago, GarryP said:

My first guess is that you could be using the wrong type of text layer for your needs.

Have you tried using a Frame Text layer instead of an Artistic Text layer?

Yes, that's the solution! Thank you!

[GarryP]

You're welcome.

[Andi Saitenhieb]

1 hour ago, firstdefence said:

If you are using Artistic Text tool, just click on Artistic text box and type additional text, the box will expand to accommodate the additional text.

Using the Text Frame tool allows you to expand the frame without affecting the text. 

I didn't know about these two different kinds of text, and I was using Artistic Text because it was chosen automatically.
I just needed to use Frame Text. 😊

Thank you!

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, Andi Saitenhieb said:

,,, I was using Artistic Text because it was chosen automatically.

By default, on the Tools Panel Artistic Text & Frame text share the same button position. This is indicated by the (tiny!!!) disclosure triangle at the bottom right of the button. To switch between them either click on the triangle or click & hold on the button so a menu pops up where you can choose which one you want to use. This is "sticky," meaning that once you make a choice it will remain selected until you change it.

You can also customize the Tools panel to show both text tools individually, as explained in the Tools panel link above.

[Andi Saitenhieb]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

By default, on the Tools Panel Artistic Text & Frame text share the same button position. This is indicated by the (tiny!!!) disclosure triangle at the bottom right of the button. To switch between them either click on the triangle or click & hold on the button so a menu pops up where you can choose which one you want to use. This is "sticky," meaning that once you make a choice it will remain selected until you change it.

You can also customize the Tools panel to show both text tools individually, as explained in the Tools panel link above.

Great stuff, thank you R C-R!