I can't find the text tool

[Noon]

I'm a new user for Affinity Photo. I've bought it today and started using it. My problem is that I can't find the text tool on the left bar along side with the brush and other tools. I found all the text editing dialogue but I can't type to begin with.

[Fixx]

It should be there right between pen, rectangle and zoom tool. Notice that there are 2 versions selectable, art text and text frame.

[R C-R]

Noon, you might try selecting the "Customize Tools..." item from the View menu (it is next to the last item on that menu) & looking for the text tool icons in the panel that pops up. There should be three of them, a "Frame Text" with a triangle in the corner that is the combined Frame & Art one followed by a pair for each individual tool. Drag which ever of these you want onto the Tools panel at whatever position you want.

[Madame]

Or.. if you are in a different persona than photo persona, there will be no text tool. 

[Noon]

Noon, you might try selecting the "Customize Tools..." item from the View menu (it is next to the last item on that menu) & looking for the text tool icons in the panel that pops up. There should be three of them, a "Frame Text" with a triangle in the corner that is the combined Frame & Art one followed by a pair for each individual tool. Drag which ever of these you want onto the Tools panel at whatever position you want.

I found it, thank you.

[RobertSkot]

 

deleting aforementioned concerns....problem resolved,,,

[MEB]

Hi RobertSkot,

Welcome to Affinity Forums

Click the small arrow/triangle in the corner of the Text Frame tool (the icon is a "T") to open a pop-up where you can pick the Artistic Text Tool (with the "A" icon).

Check the screen capture below for reference.

 

[GmanTerry]

I found this thread because I had the exact same problem on my Mac. My problem was that when the program opened, it didn't open 'full screen' and the bottom of the app was cut off. After opening the app in full screen the missing bottom two icons, including the text tool became visible. 

[ktheaker]

I am having the a same problem there is no T on the left hand side. I cannot find the text tool either.

 

[John Rostron]

Welcome to the forums @ktheater. Please would you change your user name to something other than your email address. Leaving it as it is invites spammers to harvest your email!

John

[CLC]

On 12/23/2020 at 3:52 AM, ktheaker said:

I am having the a same problem there is no T on the left hand side. I cannot find the text tool either.

 

Try following:

https://ibb.co/277QnfC

MODS... picking @Patrick Connor as a mention...

This is more than annoying... happens in all the browsers all the platforms (Linux, macOS, Win) so it's not a browser issue.
Copypasting smaller images (not gifs) directly to the post are sometimes works, most of the time doesn't. Certainly never works with animated gifs.

 

 

[ktheaker]

Thank you sooo much for the help on the text tool!