How to vertical center the bounding box to the x-height?

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Hi, all my question is in the title.

The bounding box extents will vary from font to font. I don't think that what you are trying to do is possible, but it might help if you can expand your question to explain why or what exactly you are hoping to achieve? — Westside, Jan 17, 2017 at 17:22
As @Chris points out, this is not possible. Each font has a defined vertical space for ascenders, descenders and leading, the bounding box is defined by that, per font. One possible workaround may be for you to turn on Use Preview Bounds in the Preferences. However, I'm uncertain if that will assist in whatever it is you are trying to accomplish. — Scott, Jan 17, 2017 at 17:49

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:46:12Z

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Make sure you toggle on/off Use Preview Bounds:

From there, I would suggest reading my answer here:

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answered Jan 17, 2017 at 19:38

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Thx mhuse, I'll use Effect > Path > Outline Object
– ZANTAR2054
Jan 17, 2017 at 22:12
Yah, outline object is pretty useful for alignment purposes. Good question and thanks for the checkmark!
– mhulse
Jan 17, 2017 at 22:55

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