how to create a stroke with SOS morse code in affinity designer

duke22 · March 23

How can I create a stroke that has an SOS morse code as like, ie ...---... which I can still curve etc?

Alfred · March 23

You can put Artistic Text on a path, and then tweak the path and/or the text to your heart's content.

duke22 · March 23

ok good idea I thought I could do it maybe by manipulating stroke

Ldina · March 24

Attached is an SOS Intensity Brush that will follow any stroke and you can increase or decrease the stroke thickness as desired. If you want you can adjust it (somewhat) by doubled clicking on the brush in the brushes panel and making some adjustments (after installing it, or course). Hope that does what you are looking for. (Don't go down with the ship! 🥴)

SOS Brush.afbrushes

kenmcd · March 24

And there are free Morse code fonts... which could follow a curve. If you want to actually write something.

duke22 · March 24

47 minutes ago, Ldina said:

Attached is an SOS Intensity Brush that will follow any stroke and you can increase or decrease the stroke thickness as desired. If you want you can adjust it (somewhat) by doubled clicking on the brush in the brushes panel and making some adjustments (after installing it, or course). Hope that does what you are looking for. (Don't go down with the ship! 🥴)

SOS Brush.afbrushes 4.59 kB · 0 downloads

thank you that is excellent how do I select that brush after import?

Ldina · March 24

@duke22 a few ways.

Draw any stroke e.g. with pen or pencil tool. Then in the stroke panel, choose the brush icon instead of the solid line icon, navigate to the brushes panel and pick the brush of your choice, in this case, SOS brush. This will apply the stoke to any object you have selected.

or select the vector brush tool, pick the brush you want and paint away.

you can also apply this brush to any shape…rectangle, elipse, etc.

id read up in affinity Help on how vector crushes work, and watch a few tutorials on affinity designer brushes.

Alfred · March 24

10 hours ago, Ldina said:

id read up in affinity Help on how vector crushes work

A lovely example of a scenario where your spill chucker won't save you!

Ldina · March 24

@duke22 Here are a few links on vector brushes that you might find helpful...also, check out tuutorials on how to use and modify strokes (you can apply brushes to strokes and shapes).

NotMyFault · March 24

Why not use the intended feature appearence panel and make it fully vector?

Exports cleanly to SVG.

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SOS stroke cor.afdesign

Edited March 24 by NotMyFault
Updated files with correct gaps according to Wikipedia

GarryP · March 24

It’s a nice idea but, to my untrained-in-Morse-code eye, that spells SOSOSOSOSOS..., or maybe S O S O S O S O S..., rather than SOS SOS SOS...

I believe SOS is supposed to be keyed without gaps between the letters so it needs to be SOS<gap>SOS<gap>SOS...

Might be a bit tricky to pull that off with multiple Strokes, but nice if someone can do it (and maybe share it in the Resources section).

Ldina · March 24

@GarryP Haha...you're right! It does spell SOSOSOS! The brush I created and uploaded can easily be made to do a REAL SOS, with gaps in between by adjusting the head and tail of the brush.

@NotMyFault I like keeping it a true vector as you showed.

NotMyFault · March 24

come on. It was i first draft in 15 minutes, not perfect but it will be perfect when spending mor etime on the details.

Getting the gaps and phases correct is very tedious work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code#Representation,_timing,_and_speeds

GarryP · March 24

11 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Getting the gaps and phases correct is very tedious work.

I know, I tried it myself and got so mixed up in the various dash parameters that I gave up after a while.

In case it’s any use to anyone, the Dash parameters I was using (also getting an SOSOSOSOS) were:
0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 (Round cap)
2, 22, 0, 0, 0, 0, -3 (Square Cap)
2, 22, 0, 0, 0, 0, -7 (Square Cap)
2, 22, 0, 0, 0, 0, -11 (Square Cap)

Also, I had Balanced switched OFF for each Stroke.

Oufti · March 24

12 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I believe SOS is supposed to be keyed without gaps between the letters so it needs to be SOS<gap>SOS<gap>SOS...

There are indeed "gaps" (or spaces/silences) between letters (equal to 3 dits) and between words (equal to 7 dits).
Like this: ·.·.·...—.—.—...·.·.·.......·.·.·...—.—.—...·.·.·....... (silences in orange on the bottom line)

Wikipedia:

Quote

Each Morse code symbol is formed by a sequence of dits and dahs. The dit duration can vary for signal clarity and operator skill, but for any one message, once established it is the basic unit of time measurement in Morse code. The duration of a dah is three times the duration of a dit (although some telegraphers deliberately exaggerate the length of a dah for clearer signalling). Each dit or dah within an encoded character is followed by a period of signal absence, called a space, equal to the dit duration. The letters of a word are separated by a space of duration equal to three dits, and words are separated by a space equal to seven dits.

NotMyFault · March 24

I've updated my older post with a corrected version showing the correct size and gaps according to wikipedia.

MikeTO · March 24

I was fluent in morse code at one time but I purged it from my brain to make room for things I could use. 🙂

Alfred · March 24

1 hour ago, MikeTO said:

I was fluent in morse code at one time but I purged it from my brain to make room for things I could use. 🙂

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how to create a stroke with SOS morse code in affinity designer

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