The Many Rulers of Illustrator (CS5)

Illustrator got a ruler enhancement in CS5–it’s longer! Let’s take a look at the various rulers in Illustrator.

• Artboard Rulers and Global Rulers: The regular old ruler is now split as two rulers. Global Ruler is what we’ve been using all along. Artboard Rulers lets each artboard have its own ruler coordinates.
  • View > Ruler > Chage to Global/Artboard Ruler
  • [Ctrl+Alt+R] to toggle
  • Global Ruler coordinate changes will shift pattern fills
• Video Rulers: Video rulers are for video. In Video, many devices have non-square pixels. When displayed on a monitor, the object will look squished or stretched. With a video ruler, you can set a ratio for the ruler in Artboard options to measure items on your artboard with the ratio dialed in.
• Perspective Grid Ruler: Corresponds to the actual object size if the object weren’t in perspective. I think it’s measured in pixels…