Initial or dropcap available in Affinity Designer?

[brunzenstein]

Can one set a initial / dropcap in a text placed in Affinity Designer?

[MEB]

Hi brunzenstein,

No, there's no such feature in Affinity Designer. It will probably be introduced with Publisher. You have to create/lay it out manually.

[enginpost]

Any update on Affinity Publisher? I am hearing more and more shops converting to Affinity products and I know a couple indpendent designers who would love an alternative to inDesign.

 

Steve

[MEB]

Hi Steve,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

No, there's no news yet sorry. As soon as there's something we will post/annoiunce here on the forums and social networks. You can also sign-up for our newsletter here.

[Butler To Cats]

Workaround:

(Note: even after adding text, you can still use the node tool to modify the shape, and text will reflow to fit)

[lvl99]

Would be great to have it natively supported in Affinity Designer. Thanks @obtusity for the quick workaround.

[EL FAHLI]

Drop Cap not easy to do; it would be fine if its become native

[MEB]

Hi EL FAHLI,
Welcome to affinity Forums
This is available in Affinity Publisher, our dedicated desktop publishing solution - maybe it's more appropriate for what you are trying to do? In Designer you have to do it manually.

[EL FAHLI]

Thank you, I do it in Publisher without difficulty,

In Designer, doing it manually, it lacks precision and takes time

[walt.farrell]

27 minutes ago, EL FAHLI said:

In Designer, doing it manually, it lacks precision and takes time

So, perhaps that project should be done in Publisher

[EL FAHLI]

Definitively Yes. so, we must  buy Affinity Suite applications 😀

[R C-R]

8 hours ago, EL FAHLI said:

Definitively Yes. so, we must  buy Affinity Suite applications 😀

This is a good time to buy because there is a 50% off sale in progress. Just don't wait too long because the sale could end at any time.

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, R C-R said:

This is a good time to buy because there is a 50% off sale in progress. Just don't wait too long because the sale could end at any time.

The sale was originally due to end on 20th April, but it was extended until 20th May.

[EL FAHLI]

it's done,
I got te suite.