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Text Box Issue

New Here ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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I am creating a business card in Illustrator CC and when I place a text box with text the text is outside of the box a little bit. I am not sure what I may have done.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

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Community Expert , Mar 23, 2018 Mar 23, 2018

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Barbara+Ash  wrote

The issue is with the font. When capital letters are typed they go beyond the box. Lower case stay within the box.

i don't think this is an 'issue'. it's just by default first baseline is usually set to Ascent, and since it's a caps font the ascenders sit at the same height as every other character. Set the baseline to Em box or Leading or whatever you need.

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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Please show us the Characters panel and the Appaearance panel.

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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Highlight the text and make sure that Baseline Shift is set to zero.

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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This is less likely, but Area Type Options may be set to First Baseline: x Height.

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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I agree with Barbara, however, I sometimes find some typefaces do this depending on where you have purchased / downloaded them. Does this act the same with Myriad Pro or another default OS font? Just curious.

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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Attached is the screen. I have not tried different fonts yet. The font I am using came from Adobe Font Typekit , I think that is what it is called. I am new to Illustrator CC and am learning it as I go.

Again any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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A screen capture with the text selected would be helpful.

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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The issue is with the font. When capital letters are typed they go beyond the box. Lower case stay within the box.

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Mar 23, 2018 Mar 23, 2018

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/Barbara+Ash  wrote

The issue is with the font. When capital letters are typed they go beyond the box. Lower case stay within the box.

i don't think this is an 'issue'. it's just by default first baseline is usually set to Ascent, and since it's a caps font the ascenders sit at the same height as every other character. Set the baseline to Em box or Leading or whatever you need.

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New Here ,
Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

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Hi there, 

It seems like it might be an issue. I just faced this today and i tried changing fonts, files, creating new file etc. 
You can see how the text is totally not inside the box. 
I might have clicked something to make it like this? has this happened to you before?

 

 

 

Screen Shot 2024-06-08 at 11.05.56 AM.png

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Jun 08, 2024 Jun 08, 2024

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Can you show us the area text options and the Character panel (all options)?

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Jun 25, 2024 Jun 25, 2024

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Hello @yes-fresh-orange-juice,

We're still waiting for your response on this issue. Please update the discussion to let us know if it has been resolved or if you still need assistance.

Regards,
Anubhav

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New Here ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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I am such a dork. Sorry. Hope this is better.

Thanks again.

Mark

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Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

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I have found that all of the Adobe Creative Cloud applications tends to get a bit quirky if I haven't restarted it for a while. Have you Quit Illustrator and restarted it by chance?

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New Here ,
Mar 23, 2018 Mar 23, 2018

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Thanks everyone for their replies. I greatly appreciate all the help. I will look for a new font style.

Thanks

Mark

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