Tracing An Image With Inkscape for Affinity Designer

Firstly, this material is largely and mostly from the InkScape How To pages. I need to save this part so I don’t lose it. All credit to them. Ok, so I wanted to turn the first image into the second image. It seems that InkScape is the way to do it cleanly. First Image. Image Read More …

The Affinity Character Panel

Character panel Go to View > Studio > Character. The Character panel allows you to apply local formatting to individual letters, words, sentences and paragraphs as well as entire stories. About the Character panel The Character panel is unique in providing the ability to: List typefaces within particular collections (including Missing Fonts). Apply double underline or strikethrough as Read More …

The Beginners Guide to Leading (Line Spacing)

Typography tools have the ability to transform ordinary text into jaw-dropping typography. Let’s talk more about leading (or line spacing), and how you can apply it in your own design work. Here’s What You Need To Know. The definition of leading is the distance between two baselines of lines of type. The word ‘leading’ originates from Read More …