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C
3: Scripting Illustrator
HAPTER
You can see these coordinates in the Info panel when you select or create an object in Illustrator.
The default
document. (
right of the ruler's zero point are positive numbers. On the vertical axis, coordinates above the zero point
are positive.
The default
region of the document as a fixed point.
Also, each
or height of a page item is 16348 points.
Art item bounds
Every
page item
extent:
➤
The
geometric bounds
excluding stroke width.
➤
The
visible bounds
➤
The
control bounds
points.
The following figure illustrates these properties, using JavaScript naming conventions.
point (0, 0) for coordinate numbering in Illustrator is the lower-left corner of the
ruler origin
is a property of the
ruler origin
property of a
page origin
object has
page item
width
object has three properties that use fixed rectangles to describe the object's overall
of a page item are the rectangular dimensions of the object's bounding box,
of a page item are the dimensions of the object, including any stroke widths.
define the rectangular dimensions of the object, including in and out control
object) On the horizontal axis, coordinates to the
document
object defines the lower-left corner of the printable
document
and
properties. The maximum value allowed for the width
height
Page-item positioning and dimensions 30
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