I think I know the answer here but thought I would ask it. I am designing an italic, from a regular vertical, for a client and they want an exact percent angle. When I apply 5 degrees on the angle, it gets something close to that but not exactly 5 degrees of a slant. I am assuming this has to do with pixel grid and snapping. Is there a way to get exactly 5 degrees or is it just the grid system going to get in the way?
I have always been curious if there was a way to get around that because (even with the “disable automatic alignment”) when importing a logo, I can’t get it to ever look right bc it’s snapping to a grid. I know that is a different issue but in the same bucket.
The alignment parameter has nothing to do with point placement or rounding (it is about positioning of components).
What amount of deviation from 5° do you see? I just tired it for a stem with a height of 700. Slanting it by 5° resulted in an offset of 62 units and an actual angle of 5.061° this is pretty close. It tunes out the slating can cause a small rounding issue when slanted on the center of the height. So the better slating offset would be 61 resulting in an angle of 4.980°. If you still need more precision, you need to disable the grid.
Thanks Georg. Yeah, it’s that same fraction you saw, it’s really wild and I never guessed that this would be an ‘issue’ - but it is. To disable grid you go into ‘other settings’ and disable automatic alignment? I never have done that before, or knew it was possible but looks like someone will be be redoing a project.
Thanks all. It’s been a strange journey but basically my take away is there is no way to get an exact slant, even if you have a square, no grid and then you slant x percent. My client will show me a “5 degree” angle in illustrator and I will test on my computer (same font files, same apps) and it will be .000x percent off from theirs every time. It’s a strange thing but a path I would not recommend anyone going down.
