Frame Text Tool - Tutorial for Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher

The Frame Text Tool in Affinity products is great for large amounts of text such as paragraphs. This video is relevant for Affinity Designer, Publisher, and Photo. However, Publisher has a few extra special features that we’ll cover.
CONTENTS
00:00 Intro
02:40 Text Options
03:59 Filler Text
04:30 Different Text Frame Shapes
05:51 Affinity Publisher Features

[@WimVeen]

Thanks for showing some nice features about the Frame text tool.

[@elizabethrussell4858]

I didn't know about changing the shape of the text box to a circle etc. Really good video, please keep them coming as so many of the teachers here have move to using Ai instead of using Affinity.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for the comment, @elizabethrussell4858 ! I may also do some videos on AI in the future (especially MidJourney), but I'll try to keep making Affinity content, too :)

[@andersbrathen]

Thanks for this video. I'm having issues with tracking/kerning in my Affinity Suite. The letter spacing is non-consistent, with the more consistent spacing I find elsewhere. This is even though the tracking/kerning should be set to "default."

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @andersbrathen,
It's possible Affinity uses different algorithms for spacing out text than other programs. I'm not sure. Without seeing a side-by-side example it's hard for me to know exactly what could be going on. Does adjusting the kerning/tracking allow you to ultimately get a good result? Is it the default settings that don't look good? Is this happening with all fonts?

[@vatsalmehta]

Make a video on replacing missing font in Affinity Designer!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @vatsalmehta, thanks for the suggestion! Is the font on your computer? Typically if I am missing a font, it's because I created my Affinity document on a computer with the font, and then I opened the document on another computer that didn't have the font installed. Once I installed the font on the other computer, it worked in my Affinity document.

[@vatsalmehta]

I used a variable font in my document but it doesn't work in Affinity Designer so now I want to replace it with another font and the situation you mentioned opening the document on another computer. @@TechnicallyTrent
Also, a lot of people making a mistake using variable font since affinity didn't communicate this so if you make a video it will be really helpful.

[@mtm7031]

this video is only for beginner

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Yes, it is an introduction to the tool. I will release more advanced typography videos at a future date.

[@CBM64]

@@TechnicallyTrent looking forward to that. i like how you demonstrate techniques to get around limitations of affinity's somewhat lacking font handling, such as using strokes to simulate bold text. simple things like changing the type of font anti-aliasing are supported in gimp and photoshop but not affinity. i feel affinity should focus on improving this area of the apps.