chris.bannu Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi guys, I am trying to get the text into a path, for example a circle. I can see how to to put the ON a path, but I can't figur our how to put it INSIDE it (in the most non-sexual way possible ) I attached a screenshot of what I'm trying to achieve, made with Fireworks. Thank you kindly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 See here this thread ... ... it's pretty the same for other shape types. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) I think to be accurate you want to align text to give the impression of a specific shape, rather than fit it inside a path. Here's an example using text inside a shape, as per the link in the previous post, and a separate ellipse with a border to give added definition to the text shape: If you're dropping text into an ellipse or circular shape you'll want to set the alignment to centred justified. You'll also need to play with the line spacing (leading), text size and possibly even the word order to get a pleasing effect. If your text starts with a long word, it won't fit well at the top of the shape. The word spacing above is horrendous, especially in the shorter lines, but I don't know enough about AD to adjust it. Hyphenation might help - does AD hyphenate? EDIT: Better with smaller text? Edited March 22, 2018 by h_d Added a screen shot - plus changed suggestion about alignment to Centre Justified Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.bannu Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 thanks for the help guys Any idea how to break apart the text from the shape? Or, for example, how to achieve the same thing with an already existent text, without having to click inside the path, and copy/paste the text from anothre source, and then copy/paste the style from that source. It's more like a workaround than the way it should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 No, cause the text needs some sort of certain shape to be squeezed in and in order to flow according to its geometric contours. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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