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Printable Grids in Illustrator 9
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How to Make Printable Grids in Illustrator 9
Note: This tip also works in Illustrator 10.
There’s an overview and tips for the new Rectangular Grid Tool in Illustrator 10 here.
The alignment grids in Illustrator (View > Show Grid) are non-printing grid-lines, customizable by the user, to aid in layout and design. It’s great for alignment and designing, but what if you want to print one (for instance, you’re making a tutorial and you want the grid to show in the graphics, or you want a grid for part of the graphic)? They don’t print and no matter what options you set, it still won’t print. That must why it’s called a non-printing grid! But we can get around that. Illustrator 10 has a new grid tool. You can read about that here.
Here’s how to get a printable grid without drawing every line in Illustrator 9.
Set the colors in the toolbox to no fill and black stroke (depending on what you will use the final grid for,…
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