Illustrator Smart Guide Symbology

[westdr1dw]

Has Adobe published a dictionary of the symbols used in Smart Guides? The micro font and symbols used are too small to read or interpet. 

Thanks

[Kurt Gold]

I'd rather doubt there is some kind of dictionary.

To increase the font size of smart guide labels you may change the UI scaling in the User Interface section of the application preferences.

At least if that may be suitable for you.

[westdr1dw]

Already tried that and no help there. No documentation on messages in Smart Guide? emmmm. Am I the only one who thinks this is added value? Adobe should have it documented somewhere.  Thanks

[Monika Gause]

Which symbols are you referring to? I see words and lines, but could you show one of those symbols?

[westdr1dw]

Monika;

I attempted to replicate the symbols with little success. Appears I was pushing the limits on manipulating Text on a path on a circle. Forcing the text to move in ways not expected when the symbols started. Since then I realized I was approaching the task from a wrong way and on track now. 

However, I still believe the Smart Guide symbols (Information) should be documented. There appears to be some undocumented features being over looked.

The symbols appeared to be truncated or so small to be of any real value. Trying to capture these using Snipping or Print Screen was a little difficult as they are temporary.

A description of some of the symbols;

1) An eye chart for Ants. This icon is ~1/4 in in size and looks like a micro version of a vision acuity wall chart.

2) A postage stamp with 3 dots on each side

3) Horizontal line, combined with a verticle line and Plus/Minus/Up/Down symbols

I understand these may not be part of the Smart Guides since they are not the traditional magenta color of Smart Guides. I was seeing the magenta symbols as I was trying to manipulate the Path.

These symbols have to be documented by Adobe somewhere . 

[Monika Gause]

If you record a video, the symbols will be in it.

[westdr1dw]

Yes, and I believe the user needs transparency in the app they are using. Documentation is important otherwise what added value is there to provide the symbols without explaining the meaning?

[Monika Gause]

Could you perhaps record a video that has the symbols in it? I'm still not sure which symbols you are referring to.

The cursors are documented in the documentation. You will find the most current one on helpx.adobe.com

[westdr1dw]

Monika;

As I stated previously I was having difficulty replicating the symbols. If I can reproduce these I will try to capture on video. However, Adobe has to know which symbols are in their software. When I was learrning to code,  we learned for every line of code, you have to have 5 lines to describe the event. Coders for the most part adhere to the rules or you loose cohesiveness and all sorts of bad karma along with it.

An Adobe employee sent me the link to the Adobe Help manual pdf. Although this has not been updated since 2019 appears to provide a little more insight than online. 

If you are really interested in seeing what I am referring to when I mention release notes or changelog. You can take a look at the following for Google Cloud;

Google Cloud Release Notes 

Release notes are published daily for various apps. Some are very comprehensive, others . . .

[Monika Gause]

The PDF you got is just a copy of the Helpx articles. But the recent changes are not included.

[westdr1dw]

I compared what is posted online and the PDF. Appears the PDF is more indepth providing greater details. I wish they could come close to providing the level of detail like some of the other software apps. I know they cannot compete with Google. These User Help guides use to ship with the apps.

[Monika Gause]

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@westdr1dw  schrieb:

I compared what is posted online and the PDF. Appears the PDF is more indepth providing greater details. 

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I assume you are probably looking at the wrong websites.

There are quick guides and then there are beginner guides and then there are short tutorials and whatnot.

And then there is the Helpx. It has the same content, but. more up to date then the PDF. They have taken the helpx pages to make the PDF.

So this is the Helpx page about printing gradients:

Which is. comprehensible table. And this is the table as it is included in the PDF. It's the same, but converted in the wrong way: