To be able to size and line space text based on a capitol curve letter "C", "O" or "S" and to have exact width without tracking.
I create a lot of graphics for signage using Illustrator and most depend on actual sizing and spacing of the text. If I put 12" letters and convert to outlines the text is is really 25% smaller. So I eather have to outline the text and lose editability or I have to eyeball a clipping mask to the curve letter and rezize the cliping mask to the correct size. Also the width should be based on the actual vectors and not the letters with Tracking (Kerning). If I add 100 tracking to the text, it is wider then the actual vectors and that creates issues with making sure the letters will fit on a wall that they would be attached to. TY
Chris
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Chris, yes, even with the 'Align to Glyph Bounds' option (located in Align panel’s flyout menu) it still is measured by em-box, which includes side-bearings — they make a space between glyphs.
What I have though is the script that can partially ease your pain:
https://twitter.com/tchegr/status/973947185292193792?s=20Please vote there in the correlating request if you want it to be fixed someday.:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-feature-requests/suggestions/33610747-add-an-option-for-trimming-side-bearings -
Chris
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Thank you...
Speak and it shall appear. I just updated to 2021 and tested it out. It's pretty close on the height. Much better.
But they didn't fix the part where the kerning/tracking is added to the full width instead of being the just full width of the vectors only..
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Chris, there is a new Font Height Options in the latest release that almost fully address this, along with Align to Text option.
