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Align to baseline?
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I have had a similar instance where repeatedly pressing the align key (B) makes SEVERAL adjustments, until it settles on what it believes is "aligned".
I have also had some issues with different fonts aligning a "relative" baseline, as opposed to an "actual" baseline. For example, anything with a "tail" that hangs below the baseline (i.e. lowercase y, p, q,j etc) will sometimes align the bottom of the letter with the baseline of the other word - which can be an issue if the other word has no letters with "tails". So instead of getting all of the letters to sit on the same line, and having the appropriate tails hanging below the line, the word with tails sits above the base line, while the tip of the tail touches the baseline. This may be the phenomenon you are experiencing. In some instances the multiple pressing of the align button helps, other times I have to align the centers or the tops of the word. The final option is to use the dynamic guidelines and start the guideline on the base of the first word, drag it out to the position where the second word is supposed to begin, and then begin typing. Insuring snap to guidelines is on helps.
I have also had some issues with different fonts aligning a "relative" baseline, as opposed to an "actual" baseline. For example, anything with a "tail" that hangs below the baseline (i.e. lowercase y, p, q,j etc) will sometimes align the bottom of the letter with the baseline of the other word - which can be an issue if the other word has no letters with "tails". So instead of getting all of the letters to sit on the same line, and having the appropriate tails hanging below the line, the word with tails sits above the base line, while the tip of the tail touches the baseline. This may be the phenomenon you are experiencing. In some instances the multiple pressing of the align button helps, other times I have to align the centers or the tops of the word. The final option is to use the dynamic guidelines and start the guideline on the base of the first word, drag it out to the position where the second word is supposed to begin, and then begin typing. Insuring snap to guidelines is on helps.
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Thanks for the input Attrofy,
You guessed it, If you wanted to align (dog) with (cat), the word (cat) would align to the bottom of the (g).
I've used Flexi-Sign for years and used that feature almost continuously. I'v used CorelDraw since ver.1 when it came on a couple of 5.25 floppies. Theres been so many incredible improvements, but from what I learned lately they still dont have this option. So like you said I suppose I'll have to rely on the guidelines.
I guess I should look for somewhere they read suggestions.
Thanks Again!
You guessed it, If you wanted to align (dog) with (cat), the word (cat) would align to the bottom of the (g).
I've used Flexi-Sign for years and used that feature almost continuously. I'v used CorelDraw since ver.1 when it came on a couple of 5.25 floppies. Theres been so many incredible improvements, but from what I learned lately they still dont have this option. So like you said I suppose I'll have to rely on the guidelines.
I guess I should look for somewhere they read suggestions.
Thanks Again!
I agree with you, I think they need to "define" baseline. It could be in te options. Until now, I havent thought to look. I must admit, with the new guidelines, snapping objects to particular points is much faster. Now when you grab the baseline of the word, it will snap to the guideline - regardless of what is above or below the baseline. Likewise, end points and center points are now much easier to align on the first try. Maybe they need to distinugish between "bottom" and "baseline". In thinking about this, I believe the Align and Distribute tool box does this, but there is no simple way to get into that tool I do notice with X3, some tool bars dynamically pop that tool up as an option, but I believe it is on one of the text toolsbars - cant remember at the moment. If you find that suggestions section, let me know.
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