Grouped text contour has incorrect origin/position when the group is moved

[Paul Mc]

This is a problem in Affinity Designer.

It behaves the same in 2.5.5 and 2.6 beta.

On Windows 10.

If I apply a contour to some text and then group it, when the group is moved the contoured text origin seems to move twice the offset. In addition is seems to apply a mask or clipping effect of the expected silhouette to the new outline. This effect also happens with copy and paste of the group to a new location. I'm pretty sure that this isn't expected behaviour. Convert to curves prevents this from happening but I need the text to remain editable. Also an Fx outline creates a similar effect that works OK, however I need this to stay as a vector design.

I would have expected the contoured text to behave the same way as when the text is converted to curves and the contour applied. i.e. move with the text not with what looks like twice the offset.

This happens when created with a new document.

The program didn't crash so no crash report.

Hardware acceleration makes no difference.

No unusual hardware.

This is the first time I've used this feature so I'm not sure if it has ever worked correctly or when.

[HCl]

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[NathanC]

Hi @Paul Mc, 

I can confirm this is a known issue currently logged with the developers, I've updated the existing issue and bumped it with your report. I'll keep the two threads separate since this is more of a formal bug report submission, but I've also tagged the original Desktop questions thread with this issue.

[Paul Mc]

Thanks @NathanC

[hunter_sk]

I know these won't resolve the issue but there are three workarounds to achieve desired result:

1. Convert underlaying layer to curves with button "Convert to curves" or "Bake Appearance" when Contour tool is selected.
2. Use just first layer and stroke with outside align.
3. Make the layer with contour a clipping mask for the text layer. It clip nothing and layers can be manipulated together.