Working with text

[Schwabby]

I am trying to accomplish something I do in Illo all the time but can’t seem to do in affinity.

i like to convert my type to paths, and then merge the shapes.

in Affinity I have converted the text to curves and then used the add command but it still won’t merge. See image for the overlap not going away.

its almost as if I am missing a step after I convert the type to curves. Anyone have the answer?

[Callum]

Hi Schwabby,

Welcome to the forums

If possible could you provide the file in question so I can have your text in front of me?

Thanks

C

[Schwabby]

Yes, here it is. As you can see from the file, I merged the shapes with no problem. 

If you look back in the history you can see that I converted to curves, then did add. It might not be in that state currently.

type merged.afdesign

[Schwabby]

I got it! It has to be ungrouped first....it is pretty messy but that can be cleaned up! Now to get the offset path in Affinity figured out!