paths and corners

[pslane1]

I am trying to learn how to make corners and I have a question.  What do I do when I only see one handle on my anchor?

Thanks.

[Monika Gause]

I'm not quite sure what you intend to do, please read this:

How to draw with the Pen, Curvature, or Pencil tool in Illustrator

How to edit and reshape paths in Illustrator

[pslane1]

I'm okay with most of that.  But look at Draw curves with the pen tool.  Look at the first picture there.  You see 2 handles and an anchor in the middle, right?  Well, sometimes I can only see one handle and it prevents me from editing properly.  I think it's hidden.

[Katie Houghton · Accepted solution]

When you click on an anchor point and only see one handle then the other handle is in the anchor point and the point is considered a corner point. It may look like the picture below:

To bring the other handle out just convert it back to a smooth. When you have an anchor point selected you should see the convert icons in your control panel. The first icon is a corner and the second icon is a smooth. Click on the smooth.

Let me know if this answers your question.

[angie_taylor]

Quick and dirty solution - Select the Anchor Point tool and click on the point to convert it to a linear point. If you want to bring back the curve and the handles you can click and drag on the handle with the same tool to reset the point to a continuous bezier point, this will pull both handles out.

Hope this helps 🙂