Can I not align stroke on Type in Illustrator?

I am not asking for help. I know the "work around" solution to bypass the elmers glue and ducktape holding this application together by simply creating outlines and doing it after... I'm asking why, if I can have outlines on text before even doing that, can I not determine where the stroke is aligned?

If the program can center align the stroke, then it knows where the boundaries of the typeface is. If the program knows where the boundary of the typeface is, then it should be able to align the stroke. It makes no sense to me why I have to go out of my way to make a non-destructable copy of my text in its postion, then make a non-editable copy that I'm unable to change the weight, kerning, tracking, or any other character edits I might have to make after my client gives me edits.

These aren't fun little "quirks". They are genuine issues and roadblocks for the userbase of this application. Maybe you should have your AI help to fix your 38 years of coding discrepencies instead of whatever other trash you're having it do.

So, devolopers! Why can't we do this? Give me a genuine answer that isn't just "Oh uh, that's not how it works." Because... News flash...

Even GIMP doesn't have this problem... and it's GIMP.

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