: Illustrator: can I align an open path to either Inside or Outside I'm trying to create a quotation mark, and am having trouble aligning my shapes. The top arc is the arc tool, but I can't

@Turnbaugh909

You can't align the stroke of an open path, but you can align the path itself!

From Preferences → General check "Use Preview Bounds":



This will use the visual appearance of objects to create their bounding box, rather than the paths themselves; which means we can align to the outside of our stroke:

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@Angie364

Thats because the stroke needs a outline to align to, currently you have none.
You could make the path into a outline, that will turn the path into a vectorshape, i.e. a curved box.
Select Object>Path>Outline Stroke

Now align works as expected, and you can even snap the 'line' in place. As with vectors its always smart to work with multiple instances of the same object so you can easily go back and forth between steps in your process to change things.

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@Correia448

This is by no means the best way to do this, but, to answer your question, there is a way to do this. If you only have to do this in minimal situations, this may help.

Try using the Width Tool.



With this tool selected, hold down the Option button and select the outside edge/corner of the stroke and drag toward the point. Play around with the tool a bit and you can get the desired result.



I realize this isn't the best solution. But maybe it will help.

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