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pmccb1002
pmccb1002
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April 16, 2021
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Alignment troubles in Illustrator

  • April 16, 2021
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Hi there,

 

So I'm working with a document that was created in Illustrator CS6, though I'm trying to edit it in CC 25.2.1. For some reason I can't seem to align the objects in this document to the artboard. I've been Googling a bit and people seem to be talking about the pixel grid as a possible problem, but I have confirmed that that feature is not turned on in my Illustrator. Snap to grid, point, and glyph are also turned off. I added two identical yellow boxes to the sides of the image just to demonstrate my point that the distance between the left side of the image was not equal to the distance between the right side. When they are selected and I hit align, they are popping towards the supposed center (so alignement as a general feature is doing something), they're just not perfectly centered the way things normally are. 

 

I attempted to attach the file to this message, but I was met with the message that "the attachment's .ai content type (application/postscript) does not match its file extension" and so the forum keeps removing my file. I don't really understand what that means, so I found some instructions in the forum on how to share the file over Creative Cloud. So here's a link: https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/1ca3d330-4c67-4f83-43f9-8e7c8c5a01ac

 

Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer ZooN_

If you take a closer look at the text box that says "FONDNESS" you will notice there is an extra space character at the end of the line making the box wider, ie. the word itself isn't perfectly centered on the board. The extra character can be deleted, or the entire text box can be outlined and then the alignment should work perfectly.

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 17, 2021

You will need to align that text manually judging by eye.

On the left side there is a vertical line and on the right side there is a lightly more open shape.

When you align that automatically, it won't look perfect. It needs more space to the left.

 

Same applies to vertical align. Always needs more space at the bottom than at the top. Relying on automatical align alone makes no sense.

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ZooN_
Inspiring
April 17, 2021

To have everything perfectly centered on the artboard you first need to outline all text.

jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 17, 2021
@ZooN_ wrote:

To have everything perfectly centered on the artboard you first need to outline all text.

 

That's not true.

 

@pmccb1002 Can you post a screen shot? Use the Insert Image command and post a png or jpeg.

 

~ Jane

 

 

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ZooN_
Inspiring
April 17, 2021

Care to elaborate why it's not true?

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