Open Paths: Aligning Strokes to Inside or Outside

[Kurt Gold]

Since Illustrator got the ability to align strokes to inside or outside, it used to only work with closed paths. To align strokes on open paths (similar to InDesign) one had to use workarounds like using width profiles or brushes.

Has anyone else noticed that in Illustrator version 28.6 it is actually possible to use the Align palette to align open stroked paths to inside or outside (as defined by left or right according to the path direction)?

In version 27.9.5 and below it does not work and in version 28.7 the ability apparently has disappeared again.

Can you confirm the behaviour in version 28.6? If so, that would be quite interesting as it used to be a frequent feature request in the past.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Kurt Gold,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing your observations. Kindly allow me some time to check this with the team.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,
Anubhav

[Kurt Gold]

Thanks Anubhav.

It's not necessarily required to check it with the team since Ton kind of clarified what astonished me a bit. Since I didn't observe the latest beta versions I was just a bit surprised to see the feature in one final version and then not in its actual successor model. Usually this occurs in beta environments only.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

See: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/339...

[Quirky Tritus]

This has to be some sort of a bad joke. I just finished designing over 200 icons for a huge client, USING that functionality.

Automatically updated Illustrator yesterday, and the functionality disappeared. I am NOT using beta releases.

Along with that, all my icons have now offset lines... i.e. they all need to be reworked. You really are pushing us, designers, away from using your software.

[Monika Gause]

Instead of an aligned stroke, you can use a specific width profile that does the same. This probably simplifies the reworking process.