place forms outside the layer workbench

[mexwell]

Hello together,

I am new on Affinity Designer and try to understand all functionalities in the program. I work a lot with different text fonts and have to choose from several font styles the one which fits the best.

I don´t know how to name it, I mean the layer which size I define at the start (e.g. 1000px x 1000px) there I design my stuff is in the middle of the screen. Around this layer there is that grey looking background. And in this background I want to place several fonts and compare them together. Unfortunately they are invisible. Is there a option where I can make them visible?

I hope you can understand me.

Thanks in advance.

[Gabe]

Hi @mexwell,

Welcome to the forums. 

You would need an artboard for this. Create an artboard from your document : 
Or tick the artboard box when you create a new document:


And then you can use the "off artboard" space as a clipboard. 

Thanks,
Gabe. 

[Gear maker]

Mexwell, try going into the menu View > View Mode and uncheck Clip to Canvas (also switched using a / keystroke).  This will allow anything in the gray area to be visible.

[mexwell]

Thank you so much guys!