Best way to create a number of text boxes next to each other without overlapping strokes?
I want to create a pattern with squares. Inside each square is a character. The stroke of the square is 1 pt, the squares are 12,7 x 12,7 mm.
So, I created a text frame with the correct credentials. It looks like this:
After that I copied it, pasted in placed and then moved it 12.7 mm – 1pt/2.
And then I used the Edit > Step and repeat… function to create more.
HOWEVER…
There must be a simpler/better way than this? Isn't it possible to have "Snap to objects" or something in ID*? (*Meaning, if I pressed Opt+Shift and then dragged the newly created object it would snap in place.)
I also tried to alter the Stroke settings, to no avail. All I got was lines next to each other, not overlapping. Which in reality creates a thicker line between the numbers, and making all squares rectangles (not by much, but still).
Now I have solved this by using halfpoints and so forth, but it took a lot of struggle and banging the head against my desk, before I realized I couldn't do it any other way to be sure I hade the correct measurements.
Any easier way to do this?
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