chill59 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Are you able to attach text to a path in Affinity photo? If not, what does the artistic text tool do? TIA Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Unfortunately not. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, chill59 said: attach text to a path in Affinity photo? No, only in Affinity Designer. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 You can apply mesh warps and perspectives but those will convert text to pixels so the text will no longer be editable. Applying mesh warps is a bit clumsy and there is no way to save a preset mesh warp nor a perspective preset. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chill59 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Thanks. So what does the artistic text tool do in Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Quote Artistic text, as the name suggests, is best suited to decorative or artistic typographical design. Artistic text can be modified in many of the same ways as drawn objects, while still retaining standard text attributes. This makes it ideal for single words, headlines, pull quotes, etc,. When artistic text is resized, the text stretches or contracts to fit its new dimensions. It's relative font size automatically updates on the context toolbar. Although paragraph attributes can be set for artistic text, it is more likely modifications will be to character attributes and on-page positioning using design aids and a creative eye. https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Text/artText.html So basically fancy big text. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Artistic text is also useful for small, short, & simple text objects like might be used for label overlays, or for any other text object that does not require multiple lines of text or paragraph formatting. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Affinity should also have a Fancy Shamancy Tool for bendable text. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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