swirlyking
Programmer
In Illustrator many of my fonts have an extremely large select area. Why is that? Here is an example where I selected the "P" in "Popular":
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Extra large type select area
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Look at the baseline shift value in the Character palette, it should be set at "0" under normal circumstances. If it is set at "0" and this is still happening, then it's probably a font issue.
My guess would be it happens mostly with free or inexpensive fonts. It happens because an unusually large area is included for the descenders in the font, in other words sloppy work by the font author. If this is the case, you're out of luck with those fonts.
HTH
Bert
My guess would be it happens mostly with free or inexpensive fonts. It happens because an unusually large area is included for the descenders in the font, in other words sloppy work by the font author. If this is the case, you're out of luck with those fonts.
HTH
Bert
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