Same size individual letters

[Stuart27757535hbey]

I am trying to make an individual letter, the same size as others. So, I want to eventually printout each letter.

I am finding it difficult to keep each letter the same size. 

I am going to print the letter out, to fit into a 18cm x 18cm frame, and paint the letter with approx. 3cm around as a border.

The font is Circus.

Please help.

[Jacob Bugge]

Stuart,

As I (mis)understand it, you can, keeping the live Type:

1) Tick Use Preview Bounds in the General Preferences,

2) Apply Outline Object under Path in Effect,

3) Set the size.

Remember to untick the former when you wish to work normally again.

[Imaginerie]

Hi!

I would say, test out working with guides.
You'll find them here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/rulers-grids-guides-crop-marks.html

That way you can make a sort of template for your letters.

In case you are trying to redraw a font, you can make yourself a "template". That is make guides for each letter (how wide, how high) a guide for ascenders, a guide for descenders. I won't expand on how many you guides you need, because it depends if you're using roman letters, cyrillic, or any other type, as rules are diffrent.

But basically, it should look like that with the guides on, which make it super easy to get a consistent height for each letter.

You can also use a grid (see help files link above) but you'll find it easier with guides.

Hope it helps!

PS: @Jacob Bugge seems to have understood the question better than me. I'll leave mine here, just in case it helps someone, and also because I don't know how to delete my answer 🤣

[Monika Gause]

In the Character panel menu you have the option to turn on Type size options:

With that you can set he type size by capitel letter height:

Circus only has capital letters. You can enter the size in whatever unit Illustrator supports.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Stuart27757535hbey,

Thanks for reaching out. I hope the suggestions shared by Jacob, Monika, and, Imaginerie helped answer your queries.

Feel free to update this thread if you need further assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,

Anubhav