silverdust Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I can convert shapes to curve but I'd like to know if I can convert text to curve as I don't see an option for that in the context menu when I have a text selected. What I'm really trying to do is break up a text so I could put one part of its layer above an object and the other behind the object like the object is going through it. It's actually just the letter S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 In Affinity Designer, select the text object with the Move tool & choose "Convert to Curves" from the Layer Menu. silverdust 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 12 minutes ago, silverdust said: I can convert shapes to curve but I'd like to know if I can convert text to curve as I don't see an option for that in the context menu when I have a text selected. What I'm really trying to do is break up a text so I could put one part of its layer above an object and the other behind the object like the object is going through it. It's actually just the letter S. Hi silverdust, Menu "Layer", "Convert to curves" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thank you @reglico I almost never use the main menu. I should have seen it there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks silverdust for your feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 You can also use the Context Menu, but you will have to Ctrl + click the entire text frame with the Move Tool, not the entered text itself with one of the text tools. silverdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Ctrl + click on my Mac gave me a secondary click (right-click) option which had the "convert to curve". That's probably not what you meant but cmd + click wasn't doing much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 On Windows, right-click directly to access the drop-down window that offers "Convert to curves". The procedure is certainly the same on Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Oh did you just add the screenshot? Didn't see it earlier. That's what I get. I guess it works for me then. Thanks for the tip. But I could use a little tip since I'm still here although it's not completely related to the topic. I've been trying to break the S to two curves and it's trickier than breaking basic shapes. Could use some help perhaps a screenshot. I just want to cut out the upper curve of the S and place it above something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 55 minutes ago, R C-R said: In Affinity Designer, select the text object with the Move tool & choose "Convert to Curves" from the Layer Menu. @R C-R I totally didn't see your message. Sorry if it seem like I ignored it. Just saw it in my email and was like I didn't see that on the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 You can draw a very thin line (0.1 pt) across the part to be cut, "Expand the stroke", select the S and the stroke and do a Boolean "Divide" operation. If necessary draw a line to conceal the void between the two parts of the S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks once again @reglico . I didn't even think of this. Was too focused on achieving it with "Break Curve" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks Silverdust, happy if I could help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, reglico said: You can draw a very thin line (0.1 pt) across the part to be cut, "Expand the stroke", select the S and the stroke and do a Boolean "Divide" operation. If necessary draw a line to conceal the void between the two parts of the S. Alternatively, conceal the gap by curving one of the 'join' lines with the Node Tool to make it overlap the other one. silverdust 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Very fair Alfred, I had not thought of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 1 hour ago, silverdust said: Thanks once again @reglico . I didn't even think of this. Was too focused on achieving it with "Break Curve" You can also use the Break Curve action for this, but keep in mind two things: 1. You can only break a curve at an existing node (so you may need to add one or more nodes to break the curve where you want). 2. The action only works on one node at a time, so to break a closed shape into two parts, you will have to select two nodes, one at a time, & break the curve at each of them. You don't necessarily need to close the open curves this creates. Below, I broke the Arial font S at the two nodes indicated by the red circles. Closing either one of the two resultant curves will eliminate the gap Alfred mentioned. silverdust 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Thanks R C-R, I had tried this method: I had zoomed a lot to precisely place an additional node and, after opening the curve on two nodes, when I selected the top, I felt that the whole was always selected. This is because the upper right part of the S was lower than the cutting nodes. It was my fault, I should have reduced the zoom level before the selection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 On July 22, 2017 at 4:40 PM, silverdust said: .... What I'm really trying to do is break up a text so I could put one part of its layer above an object and the other behind the object like the object is going through it. It's actually just the letter S. It's worth mentioning then, that you might not have to convert to curves at all if you don't want to..... you can keep your text editable as text. Place a copy of the S in a simple clip shape. No issue with a line/gap space as well. (new forum!! .... nice look. The uploads seem to take a lonnng time for me.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 34 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: (new forum!! .... nice look. The uploads seem to take a lonnng time for me.) For me, uploads are generally very quick, possibly because I have relatively fast 20+ Mbps upload service, but downloading files & images attached to posts can be very slow, even though my download service is very fast at 300+ Mbps. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 @JimmyJack I'll have to try this on something else soon so I don't forget. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Gilbert Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 On 7/22/2017 at 1:52 PM, R C-R said: In Affinity Designer, select the text object with the Move tool & choose "Convert to Curves" from the Layer Menu. OK, I'm a newbie -- then what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 6 hours ago, SS Gilbert said: OK, I'm a newbie -- then what? That depends on what you want to do & why you converted the text object to curves to begin with. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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