Coloring holes within fonts

[e.k.net]

I have this font that has empty holes in characters. I'm trying to color that space in with some color, but I cannot figure out how to do this.

I tried converting the text to Curve, or rasterize it to use the Fill Tool to paint the space, but they didn't help getting what I wanted. I ended up using the paint bucket tool in MSPaint to fill the space. How can I do this in Affirnity Designer?

[Callum]

Hi e.k.net,

Welcome to the forums

It would be difficult for me to advise regarding this as I don't have the font. Could you provide me with the font file?

Thanks

Callum

[gdenby]

Hi, e.k.net,

Not quite the same font, but I'm willing to bet the following will work.

Convert to curves, yes. Ungroup. Select a letter w. a hole in it. In the layer panel, you will probably see that it is called "curves." Use the divide command. There will then be a bunch of "curve" objects. All will be black. Get them stacked from largest on the bottom to smallest (inner) on top, and assign whatever color you like to each layer.

[Guest]

I was also wondering if the PO was not asking how to fill in the internal transparent parts of the letters. There I stumbled on the way to make the hole in the center transparent the A, O, B... For a single-layer letter there is no problem, but with the kind of font used here I can't do it. There is of course a way to color it if the letter is placed on a plain background.

[e.k.net]

Thanks @gdenby, that worked really well! 

Sorry, if I wasn't clear, but that's what I wanted to do.