Select Window > Type > Character.
Last updated on
Sep 11, 2025
Learn to draw and align objects precisely with text positioned at any angle or position.
Draw and snap with angular guides on a glyph
Angular Guides let you snap objects to a glyph at a specific angle when moving, scaling, rotating, or drawing with the Pen tool. Angular Guides appear only when a single glyph with angled segments is selected or when the glyph or text frame is rotated.
In the Character panel > More options , select Show Snap to Glyph Options.
In the Snap to Glyph section, select Angular Guides.
Select the glyph you want to snap to.
Right-click the character you want to snap to a glyph, then select Snap to Glyph from the context menu.
Rotate the glyph or text frame to activate angular guides.
Use the Pen tool, or move, scale, or rotate an object near the angled segment of the glyph. Optionally, you can also move, scale, or rotate objects using the Angular Guides.
Note
Objects at an angle will snap to their bounding box and object center.
Draw and snap to anchor points on a glyph
The Anchor Point snapping works only with the Pen tool or when you move an object close to a glyph’s anchor point using the Selection tool.
Select Window > Type > Character.
In the Character panel > More options , select Show Snap to Glyph Options.
In the Snap to Glyph section, select Anchor Point.
Select the Pen tool and hover over the glyph to view the anchor points.
Draw the shape using the Pen tool.
The drawn shape will be snapped with the anchor points on the text.
Snap to the area text
The Snap to Glyph feature works with both point text and area text. All guides and anchors are shown for a single line of text. For a paragraph, only glyph bounds are shown to simplify the experience.
Select Window > Type > Character.
In the Character panel > More options , select Show Snap to Glyph Options.
Create or select a block of paragraph text inside a text box.
To precisely snap to a glyph in the paragraph, select the glyph.
Use the glyph guides for further snapping.
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