Now that you know how to curve text with Affinity Photo, you can also use this technique when working with Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher. This would be useful if you’re trying to have a line of text on top and another line on the bottom, and you want them both to be on the same path. Then, you can change the kerning (or spacing between the letters) by holding Alt and using the arrow keys.įinally, you can change the Baseline setting to make it so that the text runs through the middle of the path. Once you’ve positioned your text where you’d like it to be, you can edit the properties and style of it the same way we did in step 3 previously.Ĭhange the font, style, and alignment to your liking. The text is then aligned to the center, ensuring that it wraps arounds around the bottom half of the circle. The right side is the designated end point. Much like we did in step 2 of the previous process, you can place your text on the circle by simply clicking on it with the Artistic Text Tool.Ĭlicking on the outer edge of the circle will wrap the text around the outside it: To wrap your text around the outside of the circle, make sure you click on the outer edge of the path.Ĭlicking on the inner edge of the circle will wrap the text along the inside of it: To wrap your text around the inside of the circle (or the bottom of it,) make sure to click on the inner edge of the path.Īs is the case for manually-drawn paths, the green triangle represents the starting point of the text, and the red triangle represents the end point: The left side of the circle is the designated starting point. Now we will use our circle as a reference point for curving the text with Affinity Photo. Step 2: Use the Artistic Text Tool to place your text on the circle So, grab the Ellipse tool and draw a circle on your artboard: Text will be placed on this circle.īy the way, this technique works with virtually any shape, so don’t feel confined to just using a circle. In order to place your text on a circle, you’ll first need a circle to place it on. Now that we’ve demonstrated how to place text on a manually-drawn path, let’s go over how to curve text in Affinity Photo by placing it on a circle. Wrap Text Around A Circle with Affinity Photo By increasing it to 20%, the text moved down into the path rather than on top of it. By default, the Baseline of the text in 0%. You can also change the spacing between individual letters by deselecting the text and placing the blinking cursor between the two letters you’d like to adjust.įinally, you can change the horizontal positioning of your text relative to the path by adjusting the Baseline preset in the tool settings. The right arrow key will increase the spacing between the letters, whereas the left arrow key will decrease the spacing between the letter: Holding Alt and using the right arrow key will increase the spacing between your letters so long as you have all of the text selected. To change the spacing between the letters of your text (otherwise known as kerning,) simply hold Alt and use your arrow keys. To edit the properties of your text, select all of it by pressing Control + A on your keyboard.įor this demonstration, I made my text larger, changed the font, and aligned it to the center so that it lines up directly in the middle of the path: The following properties of your text can be altered while it’s on a path: Once you’ve placed your text on the path, now you can edit its attributes to your liking. For this demonstration, I’ll be moving them the ends of the path:Īs depicted in the above screenshot, the text moved all the way to the beginning of the path, because that’s where I placed the green triangle.
You can move these points according to your own preferences. The red triangle on the right represents the end point of the text. The green triangle on the left side of the path represents the starting point of the text. A blinking cursor will appear on the contour of the path, indicating that any text you type will be placed on the path.
Once you’ve drawn your path, you can grab the Artistic Text Tool and click on the path to place your text on it. Step 2: Use the Artistic Text Tool to place your text on the path Then, grab the Nodes Tool (located in the same submenu as the Pen Tool) and curve the line by clicking and dragging it: In Affinity Photo, the way that you curve text is by placing it on a curved line that you’ve drawn beforehand. Grab the Pen Tool and draw a straight line on your canvas. There’s various ways to create paths, but for this lesson we’ll be using the Pen Tool to manually draw a curved path to place the text on, which will effectively curve the text.
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