Catshill Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 If you need something a little more detailed on styles, this is a recording of a live stream so is very long. However it does go into group styles (1.10 in) and the presenter certainly knows her stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danold Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) This is very confusing, since I'm used to AI and I'm well aware that's probably where the problem lies. I opened an .ai file (which displays as a .pdf file in A Designer). I selected "Group lines of text into text frames". I'm now looking at a world map, with 50,000 city labels (all the exact same font) as text boxes (artistic text?) I use the move tool to select one box and then select > same fill color. I now have a group of 50,000 city labels which I group together. Question: How do I change font style, color, size of all the labels within this group? When I look at this "group" of labels, the font display bar is also empty, which must mean that I've made a mistake along the way. Any help appreciated. Edited August 4, 2022 by Danold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 46 minutes ago, Danold said: When I look at this "group" of labels, the font display bar is also empty It is empty because it contains text with more than one font. If you select a font from the "font display bar" then all of your text will be formated with that font. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Danold said: This is very confusing, since I'm used to AI and I'm well aware that's probably where the problem lies. I opened an .ai file (which displays as a .pdf file in A Designer). I selected "Group lines of text into text frames". I'm now looking at a world map, with 50,000 city labels (all the exact same font) as text boxes (artistic text?) I use the move tool to select one box and then select > same fill color. I now have a group of 50,000 city labels which I group together. Question: How do I change font style, color, size of all the labels within this group? When I look at this "group" of labels, the font display bar is also empty, which must mean that I've made a mistake along the way. Any help appreciated. I would create a paragraph or character style called “label”, apply it to your objects and edit as necessary. Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danold Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 hours ago, NNN said: It is empty because it contains text with more than one font. If you select a font from the "font display bar" then all of your text will be formated with that font. Thank you for the reply NNN. All the text labels are exactly the same (there might be 1 or 2 with a different font size) and when I select a font from the dropdown menu nothing happens. It has no effect on the grouped labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danold Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Catshill said: I would create a paragraph or character style called “label”, apply it to your objects and edit as necessary. Thank you Catshill, that sounds like the right solution, but it has no effect on any if the grouped labels. Can I attach a sample of the file? Does the probelm stem from the fact that this is originally an .ai file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Danold said: Does the probelm stem from the fact that this is originally an .ai file? Everything imported (placed) or opened in Affinity, becomes Affinity's document. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danold Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, NNN said: Everything imported (placed) or opened in Affinity, becomes Affinity's document. Understood, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Danold said: I now have a group of 50,000 city labels which I group together. Question: How do I change font style, color, size of all the labels within this group? When I look at this "group" of labels, the font display bar is also empty, which must mean that I've made a mistake along the way. I think the problem is that you have grouped the 50k labels. If you group text blocks you can't change the font. I would just create a text style, select the 50k city labels (don't group them), apply text style. Then change the text style if you want to. Old Bruce 1 Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danold Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, MickRose said: I think the problem is that you have grouped the 50k labels. If you group text blocks you can't change the font. I would just create a text style, select the 50k city labels (don't group them), apply text style. Then change the text style if you want to. That might be the solution Mick! I just gave it a quick try and it seems to work so and I'll quickly experiment with all the other labels as well. Thank you very much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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