Ruler zero position reset but positive/neg reversed

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April 6, 2017
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Hi all -

I am trying to reset the position of zero but it doesn't seem to be working properly (yes, artboard rulers are selected). When I drag from the upper left corner to set zero at a new position it works and the 'physical' rulers that you see to the left and above are reset so the zero is showing where I would like it to be.

So now, anything above 0 (or to the right of 0) should show a positive number in the coordinates boxes. But no....

Instead, it shows a *negative* number. So what should be and what looks to be on the actual artboard when I look at the rulers position at, say, 500px, in the coordinates box it shows at -500px.

Does anyone know what gives?

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Correct answer CarlosCanto

thanks @jane-e

here's the new link

JS - change CS5 Ruler Origin to bottom/left (like CS4)

I also updated Ton's post link

CarlosCanto

Correct answer

Community Expert

thanks @jane-e

here's the new link

JS - change CS5 Ruler Origin to bottom/left (like CS4)

I also updated Ton's post link

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margaretm39776040Author

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Barbara - I'm using CC 2017

Ton - Thank you for the link! I will try that script and see if it does the trick.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Yes, the script works and changes the settings for new documents.

After running the script, the rulers for documents already open have to be reset by double clicking their intersection.

TypographicEye

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I can't seem to access the script described. Clicking on it just takes me to a generic community page that offers no way to specify the exact post title (or narrowed-down topic) I need to find.

Regarding other discussion re the y-axis reversal, however … I get that Adobe wanted to make Ai consistent with its other tools, so changed Ai's y-polarity for its vertical Ruler (back in CS5?). But some situations still naturally require that up means "increase", and values decrease when going downward—as in glyph metrics, for font characters: descenders go negative, and ascenders go positive. So, how do I reverse the up/down polarity of my (zero point = baseline + glyph origin) artboard as I create glyph images in Illustrator? (Why can't it be just a simple, selectable toggle?) How does Adobe font development staff deal with this problem? If I were to ignore the discrepancy, would my "descenders->positive, ascenders->negative" results still import no-harm-done into a font productization procedure?