White background around new text

[CeldorW]

Hello,

I have a small problem. When I use both Artistic Text Tool and Frame Text Tool, the texts in both cases appear filled with white background. I pretty much double checked the background colour and it is set to None. The Stroke in Colour panel is also set to None. What's really confusing is when I open a new file and try to type text, everything works.

Here's a link to the video I recorded to demonstrate the problem (see attachment.)

Any idea how I can sort it out?

Thanks

Edited March 19 by CeldorW

[GarryP]

I can’t see an attached video.

The usual reason for what you are describing (if I understand the situation correctly) is that, for some reason, the background fill for new layers has become white but there’s no way to change that colour without the Text Frame Panel which only exists in Publisher.

If you are not using Publisher then you can usually reset the layer to its defaults (losing all formatting) via the Revert Defaults button on the Toolbar, unless you have changed the defaults to something which has a background colour.

[CeldorW]

1 hour ago, GarryP said:

I can’t see an attached video.

Hi,

Sorry about that. The video is now attached.

The aforementioned issue is in Affinity Photo 2 (ver. 2.6). I did not use Affinity Photo, although I actually did copy/paste a few vector graphics from Designer into Affinity Photo but not texts. The text I am trying to type is a new layer in Affinity Photo.

I was also looking for the button "Revert Defaults" but can't really find it. When you say Toolbar, do you mean one of the bars below menu, with File, Edit ... etc.?

Thanks 

Edited March 19 by CeldorW
program name initials changed to full names

[Pšenda]

31 minutes ago, CeldorW said:

layer in AP.

Since Gary mentioned APublisher (APu), keep in mind that the abbreviation AP you are using is reserved for APhoto, see the tooltip after hovering.

[Alfred]

27 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Since Gary mentioned APublisher (APu), keep in mind that the abbreviation AP you are using is reserved for APhoto, see the tooltip after hovering.

Photo: AP or APh

Publisher: APu or APub

Because of the potential for confusion, the abbreviation ‘AP’ is generally best avoided altogether.

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, CeldorW said:

What's really confusing is when I open a new file and try to type text, everything works.

Was the troublesome file opened in APub at any point? APub has a Text Frame panel that AP lacks. So it is possible to set the frame or art text background to a color that you cannot access in AP. The workaround for this is to select the text object & use "Revert Defaults" button or "Revert" in the Edit > Defaults menu to remove the background color.

[Alfred]

1 minute ago, R C-R said:

APub has a Text Frame panel that AP lacks. So it is possible to set the frame or art text background to a color that you cannot access in AP.

As I observed in my previous post:

3 hours ago, Alfred said:

Photo: AP or APh

Publisher: APu or APub

Because of the potential for confusion, the abbreviation ‘AP’ is generally best avoided altogether.

 

[R C-R]

9 minutes ago, Alfred said:

As I observed in my previous post:

I use AP because when the pointer is over it, "Affinity Photo" pops up, so I do not think it is particularly confusing, particularly when I am also using APub in the same topic.

Besides, I'm lazy enough that I just don't want to type an extra character on my old increasingly unreliable Apple keyboard. 😛

[CeldorW]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

Was the troublesome file opened in APub at any point? APub has a Text Frame panel that AP lacks. So it is possible to set the frame or art text background to a color that you cannot access in AP. The workaround for this is to select the text object & use "Revert Defaults" button or "Revert" in the Edit > Defaults menu to remove the background color.

I have not used APub but I did copy some text objects on a path (e.g. circle) from Designer to Affinity Photo. "Revert Defaults" did restore texts to its normal state. So, thanks for pointing at it.

I would consider this topic as solved but I don't know if it's possible to flag it as solved.

[Alfred]

11 hours ago, R C-R said:

I use AP because when the pointer is over it, "Affinity Photo" pops up, so I do not think it is particularly confusing, particularly when I am also using APub in the same topic.

Those of us who visit these forums on a phone or a tablet — I’m currently using Safari on iPad, as I usually do — don’t see those tooltips, of course.

11 hours ago, R C-R said:

Besides, I'm lazy enough that I just don't want to type an extra character on my old increasingly unreliable Apple keyboard. 😛

But not too lazy to type APub instead of APu?

[Alfred]

1 minute ago, Alfred said:

instead of APu

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I’m not aware of a standard abbreviation for Nahasapeemapetilon.
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[GarryP]

10 hours ago, CeldorW said:

I would consider this topic as solved but I don't know if it's possible to flag it as solved.

There isn’t an official way to mark a thread as being solved/closed.

(As you can see, the discussion is continuing beyond the point where you have the information you need.)

If you are being notified of new posts to the thread, and don’t want to be, you can press the “Following” button at the top-right of the page, or you can change your notification settings in the Account Settings page.

[Alfred]

10 minutes ago, GarryP said:

(As you can see, the discussion is continuing beyond the point where you have the information you need.)

A discussion is taking place, but I’m not convinced that it has anything to do with the original topic since it’s largely about forum conventions.

I suppose my reference to APu Nahasapeemapetilon might be considered to be about non-white backgrounds. However, this is probably not the ideal forum for discussing that further.

[thomaso]

11 hours ago, CeldorW said:

I have not used APub but I did copy some text objects on a path (e.g. circle) from Designer to Affinity Photo. "Revert Defaults" did restore texts to its normal state.

This solution would mean that a generic shape object (e.g. "Ellipse") converted in AD (or APh) to a "Shape Text" or "Shape Path Text" frame would preserve a fill colour of the generic shape object.

Since this is the case in V1 in APub only but not in AD/APh, I wonder if this behaviour was changed in V2?