: Illustrator Precise Shaping Issue I'm having a very annoying issue with Illustrator and can't seem to find anyone else with this issue on the internet which is kind of odd. I'm having trouble

@Holmes874

It becomes a little bit difficult to align text with objects, because the guides align to the text bounding box instead of the edges of the text. The only way to get a "vector perfect" alignment is to outline both the text and the stroke. Then those guides should be quite helpful.

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@Nimeshi706

First make sure Align to Pixel Grid un-checked in the Transform panel.



Also make sure Snap to Grid and Snap to Point are all un-checked in the View menu.

If you want to snap your shape to the type, the easiest way is to right click the type and select Create Outlines (this turns the type to vector shapes so you may want to work with a duplicate first) and turn Smart Guides on. Your shapes will now snap to the outlined text.

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@Kaufman565

Try using smart guides to do it, also if you make a copy of the text as out lines (Right click - Create Outlines) it should be easier to align it perfectly.

hope this helps

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