Affinity Publisher Artistic Text tool only creates a black box?

[soggybag]

I'm using Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 on a Mac. When I use the Artistic Text Tool it seems to only create a black box. It seems like I can text within this box but I can't see any letter shapes, it's all black. Changing the color doesn't seem to have any effect? 

[Brian_J]

With the text frame selected, take a look at the Text Frame panel to see if the text frame has a fill color applied to it.

[soggybag]

Thanks I figured this out! Seems a little unintuitive that the default is black text on a black background!

[thomaso]

2 hours ago, soggybag said:

the default is black text on a black background

That's hardly the default. – With a text frame selected what do you get if you press the "Revert defaults" button in the Toolbar?

[Brian_J]

5 hours ago, soggybag said:

Thanks I figured this out! Seems a little unintuitive that the default is black text on a black background!

Glad you got it figured out.

The default frame text fill is none. Frame text fill color is remembered; when creating a text frame, the fill color applied to it is the same as last fill set in a text frame.

It’s tough to say how the fill color may have been set to black unintentionally, but at least you know how to address it if it happens again.