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Beginners' Questions Text snapping is never 100% accurate
  1. #1
    Ricardo Oliveira Ricardo Oliveira @ward0

    This is NOT exclusive to Inkscape, but since I'm using Inkscape, I thought it'd be better to ask here.
    When snapping text to object, grids or guides, the "corners" of letters are always "off", not 100% aligned with the grid lines. Here's a link to a screenshot that illustrates it:
    https://i.imgur.com/XN4dB5T.png

    Are there any known way of mitigating this and aligning the text properly?

  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden
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    I'd try using "Snap to bounding box" instead of snapping to the text anchor.

  3. #3
    Ricardo Oliveira Ricardo Oliveira @ward0
    TylerDurden

    Tyler Durden 4 minutes ago I'd try using "Snap to bounding box" instead of snapping to the text anchor.

    Thanks for your time. I read some documentation on it and I couldn't understand the difference between just snapping to grids normally (what I was doing) and using the "Snap to bounding box" option, so I tried it and didn't note any difference, but maybe I'm using it wrong. Could you please explain what it does exactly?

  4. #4
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden
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    Text objects are frequently aligned based on their anchor point, which can be set to Left-Center-Right. 

    Text (like any other objects) can also be snapped to its object-center, rotation-center (movable), or its bounding-box sides or corners.

    Maybe you have seen this: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Snapping.html#Snapping-Objects

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