Systems and methods provide snap-line generation operations for live multi-path glyphs. In this regard, an attribute extraction component accesses a glyph description of a live multi-path glyph to determine and store several attributes related to at least one sub-path of the live multi-path glyph. The stored attributes are accessed by a snap-line generation component and used to determine whether an external object is moved near the live multi-path glyph. When moved near one another, a snap-line is generated along sub-path planes of the external object and the live multi-path glyph. Generated snap-lines are used to aid a user in aligning the two objects.