Misaligned paths when outlining in Illustrator

#1

Hi.
I created the font design in Illustrator and copied them into Glyphs to make my font. When I create outlines of the font in Illustrator, the paths seem to be a bit offset when I compare it back to the original design.
(I’m exporting as .otf)

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Black is the original design
Green is the shape I get when I copied a randomly sized shape into Glyphs (ie height 1000.XXXpt rather than 1000pt exactly)
Pink is the shape I get when I copied a 1040pt height shape into Glyphs

I understand a small bit of offsetting as I’m doing the base design in Illustrator rather than Glyphs, but you can see how the lines are not even straight, which I find problematic.
Is there a way to fix this?

#2

When you copy outlines from Illustrator, all coordinates are rounded. That can lead to small deviations like this. So check if the lines are strait in Glyphs.

#3

Thank you. I can see that they’re not straight in Glyphs, and I see how I can straighten them.
However, some straight lines are off as well. Is there a way to avoid deviations to begin with?

#4

Probably the best to draw the outlines in Glyphs right away. Much more precise than Illustrator!

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#5

There’s a tutorial about importing from Illustrator. It also explains grid and how to disable the grid, and its pros and cons.