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cthomas84
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September 26, 2017
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Aligning Problem Illustrator

  • September 26, 2017
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Hi All

Just wondered if anyone could help with this issue that is driving me crazy recently. I have a heart shape which I paste various text into. Until recently aligning was no issue once grouped however I now am unable to align correctly unless I create outlines. I am unsure why this has just happened.

I have added this image to show the issue the top and bottom text is fine but the heart is always off to the right but is corrected when create outlines is used. I can do this but then am unable to edit the text again.

If im not explaining this very well please let me know.

Thank you in advance

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    Correct answer Cari Jansen

    What are you grouping when aligning, also why are you grouping?  And what Align To option are you using?

    I've tried to replicate the issue (without doing any grouping), and actually discovered something I wasn't aware of that Illustrator CC (2017) does, so I'm wondering if you are seeing a similar behaviour - which in that case would likely be intended:

    • I placed a vertical guide
    • then aligned the centre anchor point of the point-type (top and bottom text) on that guide as well as the centre of the heart shape.
    • After changing the font of the top/bottom text, you'll notice that the text is not properly centred because of the 'spacing' around the various script characters. E.g. the first 'C' is more to the right and the 'e' a the end is almost OFF the baseline.

    When I select the top text and heart and use Align to Selection, the top line moves to the left a little and the heart to the right. Which kind of makes sense as that gives a better visual alignment.

    You can change the align behaviour by using Align to Key Object:

    1. Select the objects to align
    2. Change Align To setting to Align to Key Object.
    3. Click on the Object to align to (the cursor will change).
    4. Then click the alignment option

    In this case the I selected the heart shape and the top text just moved to the left a bit.

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    Cari JansenCorrect answer
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    September 27, 2017

    What are you grouping when aligning, also why are you grouping?  And what Align To option are you using?

    I've tried to replicate the issue (without doing any grouping), and actually discovered something I wasn't aware of that Illustrator CC (2017) does, so I'm wondering if you are seeing a similar behaviour - which in that case would likely be intended:

    • I placed a vertical guide
    • then aligned the centre anchor point of the point-type (top and bottom text) on that guide as well as the centre of the heart shape.
    • After changing the font of the top/bottom text, you'll notice that the text is not properly centred because of the 'spacing' around the various script characters. E.g. the first 'C' is more to the right and the 'e' a the end is almost OFF the baseline.

    When I select the top text and heart and use Align to Selection, the top line moves to the left a little and the heart to the right. Which kind of makes sense as that gives a better visual alignment.

    You can change the align behaviour by using Align to Key Object:

    1. Select the objects to align
    2. Change Align To setting to Align to Key Object.
    3. Click on the Object to align to (the cursor will change).
    4. Then click the alignment option

    In this case the I selected the heart shape and the top text just moved to the left a bit.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2017

    Can you figure out what happened "recently"?

    Can you try and View > Preview on CPU to check if it fixes your issue?

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