Illustrator - Nothing aligns

[lolage]

Hi, im trying to make a nice simple logo, but I cant get different letters to line up properly. Heres a few screenshots...

In this example, I'm trying to join up some letters, but my connector shape wont fit the size of the letter. It will either be too thin or too fat:

After that failing, I tried twisting a letter on its side to join the letters up like that, but even doing that its as if they have their own grids.

Any ideas? Just as a note, this was happening before I turned on the grids.

Thanks!

 

[gord]

Here's what you need! http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=784304&seqNum=6

You need to be aligning your anchor points. Very powerful, very easy to do. A grid is nice, but not a flexible enough alignment tool for more fiddly work.