Illustrator, grids and baseline
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- mistermik
is it even possible to set these up?
- Jimbo820
Not what illustrator specialises in.
- neue75_bold0
manually, yes, yes you can...
- mistermik0
its for letterheads.
have all set up in design but wondered why it isn't easy to add any sort of decent grid.
Having to divide boxes is all well and fine.
Just ending up drawing baseline myself.
- Horp0
Yes, just draw a box at the maximum/edge proportions of the grid area you require, go to...
*launches Illustrator, waits....
... waits....
makes new document...
PALETTES NOT WORKING... ITS FUCKING TYPICAL ISN'T IT.
RELAUNCHES....
Okay, draw a square, go to top menu 'object' down to 'path' across to 'Split into grid' then input your grid parameters there and hit return.
You can also make type flow to that grid to and link text boxes for page-to-page flow, but don't ask me how that works because I retired from having to think about that stuff years ago.
- Not that anybody cares.Horp
- that is brilliant, I have never seen that beofre and have gotten do frustrated that you couldn't do it in illykelpie
- thanks mate, every day's a school daykelpie
- I'm glad you're there Kelpie. It all got a bit existential when nobody replied.Horp
- OOooOO, I take back what I said up there ^ Nice one Horp...Jimbo82
- My heart will be heavy until Mistermik returns and acknowledges my post. = (Horp
- Will I do? That's some tasty Illy esoterica.MrOneHundred
- No, it has to be the thread's author, or I lie in purgatory for eternity.Horp
- cheers!mistermik
- Bypasser0
You can specify baselinegrids in the textframe options.
- tank020
Better use indesign for this stuff, more accurate, more options ->
paragraph, character styles, continued in entire id.
- mistermik0
this is true and as the letterhead design goes as hi-res pdf indesign is fine.
thanks all.