: Resizing scientific figure in illustrator without changing font size of the labels I am trying to prepare scientific figures in Illustrator. I want to keep the font size of the text constant

@Sarah814

I have often prepared graphs for a person who puts them into a magazine or a brochure in Adobe InDesign. She had specified that the numbers and texts must not lose their order when the graph is resized. Also the font scaling must be selectable. The following system has mostly been satisfactory:




Make a textbox that fits exactly to the axis division (=use smart quides), center the dummy number or text, copy the boxes side by side for every interval
Copy or write the actual data to the boxes, move the boxes as a group to the visually right place in relative to the axis division markers
The graph is resized => font size is often changed without asking
Select the textboxes and choose the wanted font size. There's no need to select actual texts, only the boxes. The boxes can be grouped.


Why this way? Why not to use the graph tools?

The graphs have often bizarre curves that can't be created in Illustrator nor in InDesign, but the curves can be imported as well as the axis lines and divisions. Only numbers and texts must be inputted.

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@Goswami567

If these are live Graph objects created using the Column Graph Tool, then yes the font size can easily be changed after rescaling, but you need to select the graph with the Selection Tool (V) - the black arrow, then you can simply change the font size. In this example both graphs are set to 10pt. In fact you can select all the graphs and change all the font sizes in one go.



If after changing the font size, the numbers are slightly out of position, you can use the Direct Selection Tool (A) - the white arrow, to select just the numbers, then you can reposition them using the arrow keys on your keyboard to nudge them into position.

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