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Hi everyone.

 

I am stuck trying to make a label for a certain product, it is a silly little project. I have done the work in Affinity Photo so I placed everything in Designer, into a circle since the label will be circular. So far so good. 

I am trying to type something along the line of the circle, got there, found out how to do it but the problem is that as soon as I select the artistic text tool, or I convert my circle to a text path, everything disappears. So, to explain better, screenshots:

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I'd like to type stuff on the inside of the circle, so I select Artistic Text, go to the outside of the circle (want to do it clockwise) until the icon changes to the wavy "T", click and everything disappears.

 

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The problem is that after I am done typing sure enough what I've typed is still there but I cannot get the image back. Actually what happens is that what I type will be typed in a transparent font and I can see the background through it, doesn't matter if i choose a different font colour, it won't change..... So I can sort of see my image through my text but the only way I can get it back is going back a few steps. 

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I know I am doing something wrong but would you mind pointing me in the right direction?

 

Many thanks.

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12 minutes ago, Mastropiero said:

would you mind pointing me in the right direction

You must duplicate the circle you want the text on. Select that layer and hit Command J or just use the context menu then you can enter your text on the duplicate and all will be fine.

 

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 
Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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12 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

You must duplicate the circle you want the text on. Select that layer and hit Command J or just use the context menu then you can enter your text on the duplicate and all will be fine.

 

 

True, thanks a lot, I had read about that recommendation and totally forgot to do it.

 

Many thanks!

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