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February 8, 2020
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Issues aligning text/shapes in AI

  • February 8, 2020
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First time poster, I tried finding my solution online and here in the forums to no avail. Figured I'd give the community a shot - and I appreciate any help here.

Below is a screengrab of the issue I'm having. The "B" in before is tight against the text box, whereas the "E" in were is not.  Whenever I go to center align something, it is aligned to the size of the bounding box around the text or shape - not the text/shape itself.

My question is what I'm doing wrong here or if there is an option to have the box tighter to the object within it?

 

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Correct answer Monika Gause

You're not doing anything wrong. The font designer decides how the tracking of the font is.

If you want to align it, you can use this trick:

apply Effect > Path > Outline object to the text

Uncheck "Use preview bounds" in Preferences> General

 

Delte the effect from the text before saving a PDF.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 9, 2020

You're not doing anything wrong. The font designer decides how the tracking of the font is.

If you want to align it, you can use this trick:

apply Effect > Path > Outline object to the text

Uncheck "Use preview bounds" in Preferences> General

 

Delte the effect from the text before saving a PDF.

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