In this walkthrough, we've shared how to make guides in Illustrator using the built-in settings, so you can align graphics and text in an intuitive way. What are Guides? Essentially, guides are vertical and horizontal lines or dots that can be moved around the page as needed. When you're ready to print a project, the guides are hidden from view. There are two main types of guides: ruler guides i.
What are Smart Guides? Usually round or square, they are typically arranged in a 2-dimensional grid. A pixel is the basic unit of measurement in digital graphics. This will help you to set your artboard in the right dimensions for the digital project you are working on. For example, in creating UI graphics for the iphone X, your artboard would be set to x px, enabling you to work and export files at the appropriate image resolution.
Interestingly, three countries in the world do not use the metric system, despite its simplicity and universal use. These are Myanmar, the United States, and Liberia, which follow the Imperial system inches, feet, yards. Both systems are used primarily for Print design. Setting your units in the Metric or Imperial system is ideal for:. Point systems were developed by typographers then adapted and reinterpreted by type foundry companies. The French typographer Fournier is generally credited with creating a functional point system in the mid 18th century.
I had created a logo design in pixels for digital use, but now my client would like to create some print marketing materials for his brand too. Note: This measurement option affects rulers, measuring the distance between points, moving and transforming objects, setting grid and guides spacing, and creating shapes. When you move an object or artboard, use the Smart Guides to align the selected object or artboard to other objects or artboards.
The alignment is based on the geometry of objects and artboards. Guides appear as the object approaches the edge or center point of other objects.
You can change when and how Smart Guides appear by setting Smart Guides preferences. Alignment Guides. Displays guide lines that are generated along the center and edges of geometric objects, artboard, and bleeds. They are generated when you move objects and when you perform operations such as drawing basic shapes, using the Pen tool, and transforming objects.
Measurement Labels. Displays information for many tools such as Drawing tools and Text tools about the position of the cursor as you position the cursor over an anchor point. When you press Shift with a drawing tool selected, the starting location appears. Object Highlighting. Highlights the object below the pointer as you drag around it. Transform Tools. Construction Guides. Displays guidelines as you draw new objects.
You specify the angles at which you want guidelines drawn from the anchor points of a nearby object. You can set up to six angles. The preview reflects your settings. Snapping Tolerance. Specifies the number of points the pointer must be from another object for Smart Guides to take effect.
Use the Measure tool to calculate the distance between any two points and display the results in the Info panel. Select the Measure tool. Select and hold the Eyedropper tool to see it in the Tools panel.
Click the first point and drag to the second point. The Info panel displays the horizontal and vertical distances from the x and y axes, the absolute horizontal and vertical distances, the total distances, and the angle measured. The values for width and height are affected by the Use Preview Bounds option in the General preferences. When you use the Pen tool or Gradient tool, or when you move a selection, the Info panel displays the change in x W , the change in y H , the distance D , and the angle as you drag.
When you use the Zoom tool, the Info panel displays the magnification factor and the x and y coordinates after you release the mouse button. When you use the Scale tool, the Info panel displays the percentage change in width W and height H and the new width W and height H after the scaling is complete.
When you use the Paintbrush tool, the Info panel displays the x and y coordinates and the name of the current brush. Select Show Options from the panel menu or click the double arrow on the panel tab to display values for the fill and stroke colors of the selected object and the name of any pattern, gradient, or tint applied to the selected object. Note : If you select multiple objects, the Info panel displays only the information that is the same for all selected objects.
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