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BenAmphora
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January 8, 2019
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Illustrator Force Justify leaving gaps or overhanging text?

  • January 8, 2019
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Hi

I'm having an issue with text justification in Illustrator – in a text box, when using pasted text (cleaned, spaces and returns removed) I go to use Force Justify in the Paragraph palate, but some lines either have a space at the end, or the word will overhang if I try a soft return? Even a full-Force Justify will do the same?

All Character setting seem fine – have tried adjusting kerning to Optical/Auto etc, but that doesn't fix it.

Is there something I can do to fix this or is it an actual bug??

Thanks

Ben

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Correct answer chanaart

Try to go to the flyout menu and change the justification and see if the alignment of the words will be better.

Justification is a big issue in typography and not always seems to work best in AI.

(I like it better in Indesign more flexibility)

check out Justification and play with it!

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pixxxelschubser
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pixxxelschubserCommunity Expert
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January 8, 2019

Can you show us the same screenshot with visible hidden characters [Alt]+Strg]+ please.

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BenAmphoraAuthor
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January 8, 2019

Here you go - different layout, but same thing happening with spaces at the end of the lines:

I did also try an alternate typeface in case it was corrupt, but the same happens.

chanaart
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chanaartCommunity Expert
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January 8, 2019

Ah - thank you!! In the Justification fly out menu, the letter spacing was set at -10%, so when set at 0 the type aligned as it should!!

Thanks again! That's one ongoing headache sorted...


Happy it worked out!

Cheers!

chana

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