Tlottrike Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hi I used to use Aldus Freehand many moons ago and I remember you could draw a symbol and then make that symbol be a custom line type. So I am trying to find a the equivalent in AD but I have not managed to find a tutorial or to work out some way of doing it with Custom Brushes. I maybe searching for the wrong term as I have no idea what it would be called in AD. Anyone able to point me in the right direction, thx? I've attached a screenshot of my mock up of what I am after. Quote OSX 10.14.6 iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2012, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 8gb RAM Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 It works like in Freehand: copy your object to clipboard. Draw a line. Take Art text tool. Place over line+click for cursor and paste. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlottrike Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hmm I'm not getting it to follow the path its weirdly placing them in a straight line but if you adjust the path the Feet don't follow the path as I showed in my mock up. I also remember in Freehand you could tell the line type to scale the symbols either from the start or the end of the path (I've attached another Mock Up) Quote OSX 10.14.6 iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2012, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 8gb RAM Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlottrike Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 The "New Textured Image Brush" is working better for me than using "Art Text". I need to clean up my mask layer but least it behaves better than the Art Text tool. Quote OSX 10.14.6 iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2012, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 8gb RAM Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Yeah - looking good so far if you don´t mind using raster images rather than vector graphics of course. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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