Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Placing an outline around your text is a rather simple task, and there's various ways of going about doing so. Thanks to a recent update to Affinity Designer though, it's now easier than ever. The new Contour Tool allows you to outline text with Affinity Designer with a single click of the mouse, and in this tutorial I'll be demonstrating how to do so.
Earlier this year Serif released version 1.9 of Affinity Designer, and with it came many new and exciting updates. One of those updates is the Contour Tool, which can be used to create offsets and insets of vector objects.
This is a feature that comes standard in other vector editors, like Inkscape and Illustrator, but Serif really knocked it out of the park with this one, because Affinity Designer's Contour Tool is more convenient and practical than what can be found in either of its rivals. To demonstrate just how handy this tool is, I'll be using it to outline text in Affinity Designer.
If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: logosbynick.com/learn
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
Placing an outline around your text is a rather simple task, and there's various ways of going about doing so. Thanks to a recent update to Affinity Designer though, it's now easier than ever. The new Contour Tool allows you to outline text with Affinity Designer with a single click of the mouse, and in this tutorial I'll be demonstrating how to do so.
Earlier this year Serif released version 1.9 of Affinity Designer, and with it came many new and exciting updates. One of those updates is the Contour Tool, which can be used to create offsets and insets of vector objects.
This is a feature that comes standard in other vector editors, like Inkscape and Illustrator, but Serif really knocked it out of the park with this one, because Affinity Designer's Contour Tool is more convenient and practical than what can be found in either of its rivals. To demonstrate just how handy this tool is, I'll be using it to outline text in Affinity Designer.
If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: logosbynick.com/learn
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
