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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
Paths can have two kinds of anchor points—corner points and smooth points. At a
corner point
, a path abruptly
changes direction. At a
smooth point
, path segments are connected as a continuous curve. You can draw a path using
any combination of corner and smooth points. If you draw the wrong kind of point, you can always change it.
A
B
C
Points on a path
A.
Four corner points
B.
Four smooth points
C.
Combination of corner and smooth points
A corner point can connect any two straight or curved segments, while a smooth point always connects two curved
segments.
A corner point can connect both straight segments and curved segments.
See also
“Direction lines and direction points” on page 157
Drawing tool gallery
Illustrator provides the following drawing tools:
The Pen tool (P) draws
The Add Anchor Point tool
(+) adds anchor points to
paths.
The Delete Anchor Point tool
The Convert Anchor Point
straight and curved lines to
(-) deletes anchor points from
tool (Shift+C) changes
create objects.
paths.
smooth points to corner
points and vice versa.