The corner you choose will not have a rounded corner. Now for the most important part - using the 9-point proxy, select one of the 4 corners to apply the scale from (Figure 5). In the Scale section, set both the Horizontal and Vertical values to 50%. With the new fill targeted, choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform.Via the Appearance panel fly-out menu, add a new fill.Choose Effect > Stylize > Round Corners and apply the effect.Had I expanded the shapes, the result would look like Figure 4. This action effectively covered up the rounded corner with a square corner. With the second fill targeted, I applied a Transform effect that applied a 50% scale to the fill, and I instructed the Transform to be applied from a specific origin point - a corner of my choice. I then added an additional fill, which didn’t have rounded corners. To make this shape, I created a normal rectangle and used the normal Round Corners effect (under the Effect > Stylize menu). With that in mind, I offer my solution for creating rectangles with a rounded corner (or three) of your choice.įigure 3 is a rectangle that has rounded corners on two opposite sides. Each offer pros and cons and each offer benefits for certain design tasks. In Illustrator (more so than just about any other program) there are always a variety of ways to accomplish any design task. And of course, once it’s a style, it’s one click to apply it. I can use the same technique I just employed to do just that: round any specific corner, some, or all. If you want everything to be centered, apply a Transform effect to another fill (without rounded corners) with the exact opposite settings.Īll you FreeHanders are still snickering because FreeHand can round just one corner, and opposite corners. Use horizontal movements to add rounded corners to the left or right, and vertical movements to add rounded corners to the top or bottom. Under the Move section, adjust your fill slightly so that it’s offset from the original fill. With that fill still targeted, choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform.(If you’re working with text, use the Effect > Convert to Shape > Rounded Rectangle option.) Do your thing and give yourself some nice rounded corners. With the new fill targeted, choose Effect > Stylize > Round Corners.Use the Appearance panel to add a new fill.Then I use the Transform effect to offset the fills slightly so that rounded corners are visible on one side only, or just on the top or bottom (Figure 2) I use one fill with a rounded corner effect applied, and one without. So how did I do it? In a nutshell, I start with a regular rectangle. (I can hear those FreeHand users giggling because FreeHand can do that.) I can’t even begin to tell you how often I hear requests from folks who want to round only some of the corners of an object in Illustrator. To complicate matters, he wanted the button style to be flexible enough that left-hand corners can be rounded, and right-hand corners can be rectangular corners, or vice versa (Figure 1). If it's made with Effect > Stylize > Round corners, apply at first Object > Expand Appearance to get rid of the effect.I recently got a request from someone who wanted to use Illustrator to create dynamically resizable buttons for a Web site. Use one which is drawn with the rounded rectangle tool.
NOTE1: None of the rectangles must contain rounding as an effect. Use Unite in the Pathfinder panel or the Shape Builder to make the union.
With circle smart guides leave easily a harmful placement error - very careful dragging is needed to get it right.Īnother workaround is remove roundings from a rounded rectangle by making an union with rectangles. In addition the rounded rectangle can be placed exactly with smart guides - it snaps right easily. You can use it later.Ī rounded rectangle (made with the rounded rectangle tool, not with effect see NOTE1) works well as a replacement for the circle including the visual scaling. Select both, delete the corner piece with the Shape Builder by holding the Alt key for deletion.Hold Shift and drag the opposite corner to keep the place and proportions right. Drag the circle to visually good rounding size.Select both, select the circle first and then the rectangle by holding shift.Align the shapes to the same top and right edges.
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