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  802 readersI was called upon the other day to write a script that required that the selection be an orthogonal graphic line. That is, one that was either perfectly horizontal or perfectly vertical.A graphic line is not necessarily straight. It appears to be any object that has exactly two points, no matter how it was drawn.

• Orthogonal Graphic Lines

  231 readersI was called upon the other day to write a script that required that the selection be an orthogonal graphic line. That is, one that was either perfectly horizontal or perfectly vertical.A graphic line is not necessarily straight. It appears to be any object that has exactly two points, no matter how it was drawn.