Resize Area Type from Transform Pane
When you try to set a size for an Area Type text in the Transform pane, it currently distorts the text along with changing the size of the area. This strikes me as inconsistent with resizing the area from the bounding box resize handles, and also undesirable (am I missing a use-case where you'd want the text to be distorted in this situation?)
I recently became aware there are width/height inputs in Type > Area Type Options but these are cumbersome.
I propose the Width / Height inputs in the Transform pane behave as in Area Type Options.
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Kris Hunt commented
Come on, Adobe. I deal with this bug almost daily. Please fix it.
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Israel Perez commented
Resizing text areas is such a pain when using the transform window and typing precise dimensions. If I type in the dimension I want the text area to be, it distorts the font and I have to change it back to the correct font size and horizontal scale. so annoying when you have many text elements on the page and are working out layouts.
This behavior doesn't happen if you change the dimensions by dragging the boundaries however.
if would be great for text areas to have an option to not scale the font when resizing. like you already can with stroke & effects and corners
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Kris Hunt commented
If you create an area text field, you can resize the box without affecting the text by dragging the control handles of the box. But if you try to resize the box numerically using the Transform palette or Control Bar, the text stretches and squashes, which is never useful. InDesign gets this right; try harder.
Here is a video: https://youtu.be/0_smiQtPRTw
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Jeff D commented
SMH. Working with text is absolutely tedious.
Illustrator is such a disappointment.
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Pt. commented
I agree. Furthermore, the height/width boxes in Area Type Options are restricted to 1000px.