JayPea Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Hi all, More than likely very simple but has left me losing hours All I need to know is how to convert my text to a path so that I can for example place my text on a circle or arch... Many thanks in advance JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 29, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2017 Hi JayPea, Welcome to Affinity Forums Create the circle (or any other shape or path), select the Artistic Text Tool and place it over the path until the cursor changes to a "T" with a small wave below. click there and start typing. Alternatively select the circle and go to menu Layer ▸ Convert to Text Path and start typing. Note that this functionality (text-on-a-pth) is only available in Affinity Designer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPea Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Thanks for the reply MEB. Hmmm I wish you could see my screen as no matter where I place my cursor I cannot get a wavy line for the text... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 29, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2017 Hi JayPea, Make sure the circle is selected otherwise it will not work. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 52 minutes ago, JayPea said: Hmmm I wish you could see my screen as no matter where I place my cursor I cannot get a wavy line for the text... Just to confirm, you are using Affinity Designer & not Affinity Photo, right? As MEB said, this feature is not available in the Affinity Photo app, only in the the Affinity Designer one. JayPea 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...
JayPea Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 That Aha moment.... To confirm, alas, no Using Affinity Photo so guess there is not a choice of being able to do this within Affinity Photo. I have managed a workaround using an online photo editing site then using Nimbus Screenshot but wish I could do it within Affinity.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 10 minutes ago, JayPea said: guess there is not a choice of being able to do this within Affinity Photo Although you can't do it natively within Affinity Photo, you can use the file attached to this post to work around the problem. JayPea 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...
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