safoster71 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I have several objects grouped with some paragraph text in text boxes. When i scale everything, the text stays the same size and wraps in the box. How do i scale everything without having to vectorize the paragraph text? anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted June 24, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 24, 2015 You should see another resize handle on the bottom right on the selection rectangle. It is offset from the other handles. This should do exactly what you want. MwamiAnim8, AndyQ and Celia at Grafted Works 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safoster71 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbe Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 What if I want to scale the Grouped Objects and Textboxes in the Transform-Panel by a defined size, e.g. 100mm? Is it possible to use the Transform panel in the same way as if you would scale with the outer handle, that the text is also scaled 1:1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, sbe said: What if I want to scale the Grouped Objects and Textboxes in the Transform-Panel by a defined size, e.g. 100mm? You could try converting the text to curves. First make a copy of the text as text layer and hide it, because someone will notice a misspelling or two once you have converted the text to curves. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbe Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Yes, as you already guessed, there might still be text changes. That's why a non-destructive scaling without having to convert texts to paths would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 11, 2021 Staff Share Posted August 11, 2021 Hi @sbe, Currently that's not possible since it will reflow the text in the text frames. In those cases place a guide to be used as reference point/limit for where the group should scale to (or use an rectangle to decide the area you would like the group fill in), then use the detached handle of the selected group to increase the size up to the guide (or up to the boundaries of the rectangle). Make sure snap to guides (or snap to object bounding boxes in the case of the rectangle) is enabled in the Snapping Manager. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbe Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Ok, I already thought that this does not work so easily. In Indesign there is another field in the transform panel with percentages, if you type in the size here, then it also scales the text. I don't know if everyone knows this, but it is very helpful. This function is missing in Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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R C-R Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Lagarto said: You can use this rather awkward workaround, and then afterwards delete the scaling page (spread) created for the purpose: I think MEB's workaround is probably quicker & simpler. It even seems to work with an unfilled rectangle with no stroke applied, so it is totally invisible even if it is not deleted. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
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R C-R Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Lagarto said: The method I showed is the same that would be used when placing e.g. linked graphics. I'm confused. What does that have to do with what @sbe asked about? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
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R C-R Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Lagarto said: I mean that if you place a PDF on a document and it has two ellipses with a 3pt stroke... To be a bit clearer about my confusion, @sbe was asking about scaling text grouped with other objects. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
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R C-R Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lagarto said: @sbe also mentioned grouped objects, which can naturally include strokes and mixed scaling attributes. So there is point in mentioning this, as this differs from any manually operated scaling done on the canvas. But for the specific case @sbe mentioned (text grouped with other objects), isn't MEB's workaround the simplest & easiest to implement? It requires far fewer steps & no copying of anything. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
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sbe Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 @Lagarto is right, it's not just about text Scaling, it's about Stroke-Width, FX and everything else, like scaling a placed Image/PDF. It's very dangerous scaling Objects and the appearance is changing. Especially if you don't recognize it at first sight, e.g. when you want to scale it only 10% in size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sbe Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 So you have to place the afpub in a new afpub and scale it 🙈😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fixx Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Seems there is not yet a way to scale all numerically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEB Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I agree that it would be great to add this functionality for direct scaling of text (i.e. the size of the text) rather than having to convert it to a stroke and then scale, which is not always correct from a typographic point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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