Working with text
There are several varieties of text — Art, Frame, Path and Shape — to give you flexibility when working with typography.
There are several varieties of text — Art, Frame, Path and Shape — to give you flexibility when working with typography.
Text objects contain both character and paragraph elements, making it easy to modify standard text attributes such as font, size, format, and alignment. All text types have quick access settings on the built-in keyboard; you can also use the supporting Text panel for more advanced options.
When performing text editing, Affinity supports all standard text selection and formatting techniques and shortcuts.
The unique features of artistic text, frame text and path text are discussed in the Artistic text, Frame text, Text on a path and Shape text topics.
To select text objects for formatting: