How to Work with Text Styles in Affinity Designer
Posted on 21st June 2023
Affinity Designer is a vector graphic design software developed by Serif. It is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Affinity Designer is a cross between Illustrator and Photoshop, with vector drawing tools and bitmap editing capabilities.
One of the things that makes Affinity Designer unique is its use of Text Styles. Text Styles allow you to quickly and easily apply consistent formatting to your text. In this article, we’ll show you how to work with Text Styles in Affinity Designer.
Creating a Text Style
To create a Text Style, select the text you want to format and then click the “Create Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
In the “Create Text Style” dialog, you can give your Text Style a name and then choose the formatting options you want to apply.
Once you’ve created a Text Style, you can apply it to other text by selecting the text and then clicking the “Apply Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
Editing a Text Style
To edit a Text Style, select the Text Style you want to edit and then click the “Edit Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
In the “Edit Text Style” dialog, you can change the name of the Text Style and modify the formatting options.
Deleting a Text Style
To delete a Text Style, select the Text Style you want to delete and then click the “Delete Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
Importing and Exporting Text Styles
Text Styles can be imported and exported from Affinity Designer. To import a Text Style, click the “Import Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
To export a Text Style, select the Text Style you want to export and then click the “Export Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
Applying Text Styles
Text Styles can be applied to text in three ways:
1. Select the text you want to format and then click the “Apply Text Style” button in the Text Styles panel.
2. Select the text you want to format and then choose “Format > Apply Text Style” from the menu.
3. Select the text you want to format and then click the Text Style you want to apply in the Text Styles panel.
Exporting Text Styles
To export your text styles, simply go to the ‘Document’ menu, select ‘Text Styles’ and then choose ‘Export…’. You can then save your styles as an .asst file, which can be imported into other Affinity Designer documents, or as an ASE file for use in other vector editing software.
Importing Text Styles
If you’ve been sent a document with text styles that you want to use in your own project, or you’ve downloaded a set of pre-made text styles, you can import them into your document using the ‘Import…’ command in the ‘Text Styles’ menu. Again, you can either import an .asst file or an ASE file.
Editing Text Styles
Once you’ve imported or created your text styles, you can edit them at any time by going to the ‘Text Styles’ panel and double-clicking on the style you want to change. This will open up the ‘Edit Text Style’ dialogue, where you can make changes to the font, size, colour, alignment, tracking and leading of the style.
Applying Text Styles
To apply a text style to some text, simply select the text with the ‘Type’ tool and then click on the style you want to apply in the ‘Text Styles’ panel. You can also apply text styles to existing text by selecting the text with the ‘Type’ tool and then choosing the style you want to apply from the ‘Character’ panel in the ‘Type’ menu.
Creating Text Styles
If you want to create your own text style from scratch, you can do so by going to the ‘Text Styles’ panel and clicking the ‘Create New Text Style’ button. This will open up the ‘Edit Text Style’ dialogue, where you can specify the font, size, colour, alignment, tracking and leading of the style.
Deleting Text Styles
If you want to delete a text style, simply select it in the ‘Text Styles’ panel and click the ‘Delete Text Style’ button.
Renaming Text Styles
To rename a text style, simply select it in the ‘Text Styles’ panel and click the ‘Rename Text Style’ button. This will open up a dialogue box where you can enter the new name for the style.
Applying text styles
Applying a text style is easy. Simply select the text you want to apply the style to, then click on the style in the Text Styles panel.
If you want to apply a text style to multiple pieces of text, you can use the “Apply to Selection” feature. To do this, select the text you want to apply the style to, then click the “Apply to Selection” button in the Text Styles panel.
Editing text styles
If you need to make changes to a text style, simply double-click on the style in the Text Styles panel. This will open the “Edit Text Style” dialog, where you can make changes to the font, size, color, and other properties of the style.
When you’re finished making changes, click the “OK” button to save your changes.
Creating new text styles
If you need to create a new text style, you can do so by clicking the “New Style” button in the Text Styles panel. This will open the “New Text Style” dialog, where you can enter the name of the new style, and choose the font, size, color, and other properties for the style.
When you’re finished, click the “OK” button to save your new text style.
Deleting text styles
If you need to delete a text style, simply select the style in the Text Styles panel, then click the “Delete” button.
Applying Text Styles
To apply a text style, first select the text layer you want to apply the style to in the Layers panel. Then, click the Text Styles button in the top toolbar and select the style you want to apply from the drop-down menu.
Editing Text Styles
To edit a text style, first select the text layer that is using the style you want to edit in the Layers panel. Then, click the Text Styles button in the top toolbar and select Edit Text Style from the drop-down menu.
In the Edit Text Style dialog, you can edit the font family, size, style, color, line height, and other settings for the style. When you’re finished, click the Save button to save your changes.
Creating New Text Styles
To create a new text style, first select the text layer that you want to base the style on in the Layers panel. Then, click the Text Styles button in the top toolbar and select Create New Text Style from the drop-down menu.
In the Create New Text Style dialog, you can edit the font family, size, style, color, line height, and other settings for the style. When you’re finished, click the Save button to save your changes.
