jackamus

Got it! Thanks. I have this idea that if I create enough short-cuts the drawing will do itself LOL!

The problem seems to have gone away! Thanks for your concern.

I have been bellyaching to Serif ever since they first published AD V1 about including a drawing in perspective feature.

For those of you who may also be interested in this I have attached a file showing how I go about setting up 3 point perspective axes and measuring method. It may look complicated but I can assure you it isn't - its pretty basic stuff!
If anyone is interested I would be happy to elaborate further with anyone either on the forum or privately.
Perspective .afdesign

Such an obvious comment was be expected but no offense taken.

No Walt that is not what I said! I'll say it another way. 2pt leading is the same as saying 12pt on 14pt. That's the way we used to state 2pt leading.
As I understood it the font designer designed the font which included the space under the character which determined the minimum line spacing. Its up to the typographer if he wants add more line space. The old style lead fonts did not allow the removal of the minimum space between lines but DTP can let you overlap lines if you so desire! I can understand removing space from between lines of capital letters to make it look less gappy but not when its u/l case.

OK Walt I'll bear that in mind for the future.
With respect I'm the designer and not AD! I want what I want. My typography goes back way before DTP and it's complicated and too much choice way of tdoing things. Character, line and paragraph spacing was all done using leading. If you wanted 2pt line spacing it would have been referred to as 12pt on 14pt. Line lengths were measured using an 'M' rule. In fact this system was still used in the very early days of computer typesetting.
It was only when companies found that they could use the office secretary to type out their printed matter and sat then in front of a DTP computer. Skilled typographers were no longer needed! Once the secretary was able to understand all the different aspects of DTP then if the type didn't fit they just stretch it! If an image didn't fit then they just stretch it. That's graphic design went downhill!
Just sayin'.
I tried to Justify left but that didn't seem to work. When are you supposed to apply such a command, when you create a text box or when you type in it? Do you have to select the txt and apply it?
 

I prefer using numbers to denote height as opposed to Primer and Long Primer and Brevier and Pica and Small Pica and.... All I can recall from years back.

Panic over! Garry you are right I just needed to drag the colour tab to one side.

RC I feel that you are patronizing me! The way you're using the word 'broadened' is akin to using 'diversify' as a means to force people to accept that which once unacceptable and creating a 'straw man' suggesting they are narrow-minded or blind. I'm afraid I don't fall for that one.

Hi Walt, yes I realise that we are talking about a change of standards in the way typography is done. I'm trying to bridge the 2 different systems. That way I question the modern way of typography is only because I'm trying to understand why things change the way they do. Most of the time I think the modern world is constantly reinventing the wheel. The end result is still always the same - the wheel rolls and type is read.

Hi Bruce,
One of the things I dislike about the AD UI is that it can be difficult to decide if something is ON or OFF because the small difference in the grey back ground colour.
I think I've checked them to be OFF and will try again.

I would like to revisit and old 'complaint' I have had about AD regarding the use of Guides and Bounding boxes.
I have discussed at length with moderators and developers why Bounding box nodes disappear when moving a guide to coincide with a node. This can be especially important when drawing centre lines for ellipses and circles. One reason given was it reduced screen clutter. That does not make any sense when one considers the amount of information that can appear when moving objects around. Also would it not be a good idea to give the user the option to decide?
I shared this on the AD V1 forum and it has 2 followers one (firstdefence) making a really good suggestion - quote:
'Makes no sense to me either, why not have Always show bounding box as an option on an "Advanced" tab along with a myriad of other settings such as guide colour etc'
If adopted could this be also offered to AD V1?
Once more I appeal to the developers to add this very useful feature to AD.

That will only work if there isn't another close-by snapping point elsewhere on the drawing. If the nodes were always visible then you would see immediately if it snapped or not to the mid point.

Thanks Garry that cured it.

Although I have been bitching, since AD was first published, about the lack useful features which were al part of the old DrawPlus, I have to say that the forum is the best I've ever used. The speed of response from users and the help offered is is excellent. Keep up the good work.

Although I have been bitching, since AD was first published, about the lack useful features which were al part of the old DrawPlus, I have to say that the forum is the best I've ever used. The speed of response from users and the help offered is is excellent. Keep up the good work.

Although I have been bitching, since AD was first published, about the lack useful features which were al part of the old DrawPlus, I have to say that the forum is the best I've ever used. The speed of response from users and the help offered is is excellent. Keep up the good work.

Although I have been bitching, since AD was first published, about the lack useful features which were al part of the old DrawPlus, I have to say that the forum is the best I've ever used. The speed of response from users and the help offered is is excellent. Keep up the good work.

Although I have been bitching, since AD was first published, about the lack useful features which were al part of the old DrawPlus, I have to say that the forum is the best I've ever used. The speed of response from users and the help offered is is excellent. Keep up the good work.

Cheers for this work-round. It worked OK.

It would be much easier if the 'Cycle selection box' could be permanently selected!

It would be much easier if the 'Cycle selection box' could be permanently selected!

Cheers Walt that was very helpful. I'll giver a go now.

A very reasonable request.
In the attached file:
'A' is a QS rectangle
'B' is the same rectangle converted to curves with the left hand nodes moved up and down vertically to create a twist.
I would like to do the same thing with 'C'.
 
Distortion.afdesign

I may have asked this question before but is there a convenient way to draw to a scale in AD  like in DrawPlus?