Questions tagged [alignment]
Questions about alignment; the placement of elements in relation to other elements, or to a visible or invisible reference in the design. It's a gestalt principle, applicable to every type of design. Ask anything about alignment in graphic design.
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How to vertically center text within a box in Inkscape, obtaining the same result than CSS "align-items: center;"?
I have been trying to vertically center text within a box in Inkscape 1.2, using the tool circled in red:
The result isn't perfect: as you can see, the text is aligned using the height of the highest ...
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Illustrator: how to align different elements of a layer without them collapsing together
I'm quite new to illustrator, but I'm having hard time trying to align the whole layer to the center of the artboard without its element collapsing all together, would you have any suggestions how to ...
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Keeping text vertical alignement between two columns
I have a main text spread across two columns. In this text I have a quotation block, with a different paragraph style (lower font size, indentation). This quotation block starts at the bottom of the ...
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Product Design: Text Orientation and Quantity
I have a question about how the quantity and orientation of text can impact on the user experience. Have a look at the attached sketch. It's supposed to show the logo above, and company name and ...
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Geometrically accurate way of creating a venn diagram
I am looking for a geometrically accurate way of creating a venn diagram.
Lacking a specific method, I improvised and the circles probably don't overlap like they should. So when I replicate one group ...
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how to align a photoshop layer or part of it with the guide line or the document center
how to align the whole layer by referencing it to a specific area in that layer, the way the whole layer moves to the center of the document or to be centered in a specific guideline.
this problem ...
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Snapping layers to the intersection of guidelines in Photoshop
(Working in Adobe Photoshop 2023)
I'm working with hexagons and went to the trouble of making a pixel perfect grid of guidelines so that I can quickly align my layers as needed (necessary with ...
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Left-align two text boxes
I'm a beginner of AI. I very often need to left-align two text boxes. Sometimes, I can just move one around the other, and a "glyphbound" can appear. But the "glyphbound" does not ...
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How can I make a tilted rectangle extend so that its rightmost point aligns with the rightmost point of another tilted rectangle?
I know this title is impossible to understand, sorry about that...
Here's the actual shape I'm working on:
So, I wish that the rightmost points of the 4 horizontal rectangles (circled in dark green) ...
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How can I draw a customized line in GIMP?
why GIMP makes so difficult to draw a simple line on an image! Anyway, could someone help me out and explain how can I draw a line in several layers of certain length and width and then align those ...
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Distribute evenly such that object spacing to page margins = spacing between objects
How do I distribute objects evenly horizontally in Inkscape, such that the spacing between the objects equals that of the left (right) object to the left (right) edge of the page?
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How can you format rows of text to offset in PowerPoint
I am trying to skew rows of text in a PowerPoint textbox automatically.
Example:
I have been able to achieve these results through manual means, such as adding leading spaces or adding a textbox for ...
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How to align and distribute a design evenly, with cut marks
New to illustrator here!
Im creating a simple instructions sheet for decal packaging. Im trying to get them to align properly with cut marks as they are being cut by hand. Whats the proper way to make ...
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Aligning a pattern to connect in Illustrator
So I have been trying to search it on different platforms, but there is no answer to it. And I am sorry if I am not using the right search terms.
I am creating a 23.5 cm × 4.5 cm sticker in ...
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Footnote style using asterisk should have space or no space between symbol and note?
When referencing a footnote using an asterisk or other acceptable symbols such as dagger and double dagger, in the footnote itself do you put a space between the symbol and the note?
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This is ...
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Why bottom layer is getting move when I am trying to align in Ai?
I am working on some practice Illustration files, one problem that I am facing is whenever I am trying to align my top layer with the bottom one, the bottom one is getting moved. instead of the top ...
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InDesign Space Before and After not working for paragraph style
Newbie here!
I am creating a family cookbook and using the opportunity to learn InDesign. With Paragraph Styles, my most recent pain-point has been adding "space before" and "space ...
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Evenly distribute spacing between 3 text frames
I have three frames, which are labeled "A", "B" and "C" in the screenshot below. I want all of the following to be equal:
Distance from left edge of page to A
Distance ...
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Snap to grid doesn't *really* snap to grid
The option "Snap to Document Grid", although it trying to help you to aling an object/frame correctly, doesn't prevent it to be aligned somewhat off, e.g. with X=13p6.462 instead of 13p6.
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Is it possible prevent styles from "hitching up" direct formatting?
Here is a simple test:
Create a new document and a text frame
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How to snap to sibling element in Figma?
In the case where you have two sibling elements, how do you snap the edges of one with the edges of the other? Is there some kind of "magnet" mode which you can enable to achieve this ...
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Center text horizontally and vertically without overflow
I have two layers - black shape and red text in Photoshop:
I want to center the text inside the shape horizontally, and vertically. This is easy, I have done it by Layer > Align > Vertical ...
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How can I align graphs in Illustrator?
I just started learning how to make graphs in Illustrator. I’d like to be able to align my graphs just like I’m able to with other groups of objects. However, when the Selection tool is chosen and a ...
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Efficient way to align objects within guides illustrator CS6
I am using guides as a grid system to align objects to. Its difficult however to align things I use shapes, find the centre and then make another guide to find the centre. I could potentially make a ...
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How can I align and distribute objects diagonally in Illustrator?
I have a word that I converted to outlines, and I want each object to be aligned diagonally to the artboard, although nothing seems to work. How can I do that?
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duplicated shapes on circle path? Illustrator CS6
I am wanting to create lots of small circles evenly spread to form a circle and am wondering what the best way to go about it is?
I am thinking the blend tool? Is there a way to get it to follow a ...
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How do I align the bottom of two square right triangles?
I am having this problem at trying to align these two right triangles together at their hypotenuse. I tried all the align commands but I don't know which is the right one to make those sides to be ...
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How can I perform non-uniform rectification/straightening of a scanned image?
I have a scanned image (let's assume 300 DPI and grayscale). It's a scanned page, on which the printing was perhaps not perfectly straight to being with, plus the scanning itself may have introduced ...
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How do you access the text along path options in Inkscape
In Illustrator, the Type Along Path Tool gives you the option to align the text to the path in different ways (baseline, centered, etc.). It also lets you change where the text actually goes on the ...
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GIMP 2.1 - Align does not work
Hi, I've been trying to figure out to align stuff in gimp. As you can see I have cropped this layer to its contents, selected it, and set align relative to image, but the align tool does not do ...
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How to center a text label without much movement when it changes?
I have a text block that I need to center horizontaly, however when it changes, it moves a bit, and I don't quite like it. A similar counter in iPhone countdown app somehow manages to avoid this ...
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How to distribute objects inside a shape?
I have thousands of objects I want to distribute them inside a square shape with a same spacing.
I tried distribute object panel but... I think I have to align line by line which is tiring method.
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illustrator: Aligning an object to the top of an angled shape
I want to align an object to the top of a shape with an angled side. like so:
Let's say this is my starting position of the object I want to move:
If I select both and do 'vertical align top'. It's ...
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When should center align paragraph text be used?
From Why You Should Never Center Align Paragraph Text:
Left aligned text is easier to read than centered text for paragraphs. This is because when you center your text, the starting place of each ...
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What are the main reasons for using full justification when ragged right is more readable?
Most books and magazine articles are printed with full justification, namely with both left and right justification, even though it is generally accepted that the most readable of the justification ...
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Ascender/descender help for brand specifics
Hello everyone!
I'm designing for a brand that requires left-justification for all text, which can make consideration for ascenders and descenders a nightmare. Typically this brand calls for tight ...
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Where is "Distribute Horizontal Space" in Inkscape 1.0+?
Apologies all - I was looking for a way to (easily) enter a distance between objects textually (like Align, but with specified distance like 1 cm); I had apparently found a post about something like ...
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Move group by aligning its child object in Inkscape?
I guess this was asked earlier here Align (Center) based on only one item of a multi-item group? - but I couldn't really see a solution; so I'll try again:
Consider this situation - the reddish ...
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How to print twice in the same position with laserjet printer?
I have an HP Laserjet 1018 printer. I am printing my circuit designs on a transparent paper, when I do so the output isn't totally dark. I have to go over it with a black marker so its totally black. ...
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Inkscape: Adding an item to a distribution
I am aware of the "align and distribute" options in Inkscape. However, often I find myself having an existing distribution (e.g. 3 items with equal distances X) that I want to add another ...
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How does unobviously uneven spaces between words in justified text affect reading?
From Typographic alignment - Wikipedia, it seems that there are two main disadvantages of justified text: large spaces between words in narrow columns, and higher likelihood to have river of white ...
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How should a text button with hover state be aligned?
Using Material UI components for demo (the misalignment is not as huge with Material but might be more visible with other libraries)
I am aligning the text button (PRIMARY) against a heading (Form)
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Align node relative to middle of object in Inkscape
(This is my first question here so apologies in advance if I break any rule. I have seen a question on how to align an object relative to nodes here, but I haven't found how to align a node with ...
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Vertically align and match angle of a shape to a line
I'm trying to add a grouped pair of rectangles to many different radially ordered lines. Each line has a slightly different angle. I'm trying to have the center of the gray rectangle vertically ...
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How can I align layer to center of canvas in Photoshop
Using CS6. My canvas is larger than my layer, and I would like to position the Layer in the middle of the Canvas.
I have the "Snap To" options in the view menu set to all three: Guides, ...
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How do you align an object to an anchor point?
Is there a way to align an object to an anchor point without changing the shape of the object?
Let's say I wanted to align this triangle to a single anchor point on a complex shape like so:
I can ...
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Single word/phrase for "unindent and unalign"?
In the image, "dolor sit" line is "indented" and "aligned". If you pull that line all the way to the first column, it would be "unindented and unaligned". What ...
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Size a (square) image so that the drawing is wholly contained in a circle
I’m having this problem with both GIMP (for bitmaps) and Inkscape (for vector drawings), so solutions for either are welcome, as I need both anyway.
Many applications have started to crop user-...
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How to align within a grid in Sketch
I have a group of icons which I would like to display in an organised grid. I would like to align them so that each icon is centred inside the square and evenly spaced.
Currently, I'm using Arrange &...
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alignment issues with logo design
first time posting here. first off wanted to say that I'm very thankful to the community for all of the answers it has provided me with just a simple search.
BUT now I have a question and I have no ...
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