@Boldline In the Appearance panel, select the Text Frame item and delete it with the Appearance panel delete button. In VS an object with a shape can contain various content types, these are Fill, Stroke, Adjustment Effects, but also Image content or Text Frame. These can be added to any object with a shape, even after it is created (example: flow some text in an existing shape).

@Boldline Try the "Shared Brush Options" in the Drawing section.

Yes and Thanks...

@VectorStyler sorry for the many back and forth in the thread. I see the arrow now, I was attempting to use the wrong one (the iconify one). I'm a little slow today. That said, the option you circled in your screenshot worked perfectly. Thank you for your help!

@VectorStyler Ah, wonderful. Now I got it .. also I must activate fill-button i "Appearances" [image: 1710332059569-678828c1-d362-4d82-9312-57ce0fb56199-billede.png]

@Boldline changing only the setting in "Layer Option" is working here [image: 1710308881227-stroke-scaling.png]

@Subpath Nope, but many thanks anyway [image: 1709904124539-1c2e6579-2413-4126-8cb0-608484552d17-billede-resized.png]

@VectorStyler Cool, thanks! [image: 1709746459602-05a38e63-c739-4b38-abd6-05314c0d44a7-billede.png]

Hi @LoginError and welcome to the VS forum You can find tutorials from me in the tutorial section of the forum. They deal with symmetrical graphics in different ways and also show some tips and tricks. In my experiments with symmetrical graphics I mostly use clones, maybe because I'm more used to them :). Anyway, maybe you'll find something helpful. Have fun with VectorStyler

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@Yaoif Yes, but first you have to set the width profile to asymmetric. This can be done by unchecking the Symmetric box in the width profile editor (accessed from the stroke panel), or the third button in the Stroke Width panel icon row.

@Boldline You can also drag the shape over the clipping group in the Layers panel and it will place inside.

@Boldline Changing the Warp options as suggested by @b77 should fix this. I will check if the defaults can be improved.

@Raaskot , your welcome always nice when it was helpful I also learned something new too

Thanks, It works

@b77 ok thanks that was it! Once I unchecked that, it all moved easily. I wish there was a way to have the best of both options

@Yaoif It should be, depending on the task of course. VectorStyler aims to have all the features of a high-end vector illustration application. It supports variable and color fonts and has advanced typography features. What are the specific features you are looking for?

@gotanidea I will try to fix this issue.

@VectorStyler Works fine now, thanks.

@Raaskot said in Pdf export: All text turns into gibberish: Typesetting is incredible cumbersome, unpredictable and very unstable I have to replicate this. The Leading attribute set in the Character panel is applied only to the highlighted characters. There is also a leading property in the Paragraph panel for whole paragraphs.