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  1. Don’t require hitting Find before Replace All becomes active in Find and Replace dialog

    Illustrator’s Find and Replace dialog is bad.
    One of the issues is that we can’t immediately Replace All after we enter text. We have to press Find first.

    Why? If it’s nothing to replace — replace nothing (and perhaps show a message, preferably a shy one, not a clunky modal dialog).

    6 votes

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  2. Add a Recent section in the Find/Replace Font dialog

    Sometimes we have to use the same font as a replacement font.
    Find/Replace Font dialog remembers none of our previous replacement searches. And since Search / Filter is missing too (here is the request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/45057382), we are doomed to scroll the list every time.
    Just remember the choices at least!

    5 votes

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  3. Display names for character alternates

    When a singular character is selected, Illustrator shows Character Alternates menu (if one has the option enabled in Preferences > Type).

    But while some glyphs look distinct enough, some are obscure.

    These have names, Unicode codes (these are displayed in Glyphs)...
    What’s good seeing three similar spaces? How can I choose properly from two similar looking small 'a'-s, as shown in the screenshot attached?
    Why can’t I see what these character alternates are when I hover over them?

    4 votes

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  4. Request: Add Custom Font Sizes to Text Size Dropdown in Illustrator

    It would be great if Adobe Illustrator allowed users to save custom font sizes (such as 150pt, 200pt, etc.) to the default text size dropdown in the Character panel. Currently, while you can manually enter large font sizes, they don't appear in the dropdown for future use. Allowing custom sizes to be added to the dropdown would save time, improve workflow consistency, and make working with large text sizes more efficient. Thank you for considering this feature!

    2 votes

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  5. Need to add Fillable Interactive Forms in Illustrator

    Need to add Fillable Interactive Forms in Illustrator

    1 vote

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  6. Add ability to hyperlink text (properly this time)

    In June of 2023 the Illustrator team fixed a old bug with hyperlinks added through Attributes panel being dropped while exporting as PDF.
    The team thought of it as a solution to this request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/40418827 — and marked it as such.

    I do not agree.
    The solution is nowhere final, done in the most basic way possible, merely a bug fixed, like if no-one in the team did try to make it useful at the level of today's standards.
    — A partial text selection can't be made into a hyperlink.
    — No widgets are given on the canvas to see…

    53 votes

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  7. Predictive text and optional ai copy adapted to text box design sizes

    I would like to have predictive text, while I write it can complete the word like it happens in my phone.
    Also once you have my copy done, have a menu to have other copy options, translations and changes of copy adapted to cover more or less space in my design.

    2 votes

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  8. Add Font Height Options in Style Settings Panel

    Can we get this option added within the Paragraph and Character Style Settings panels?
    Currently you can only fix the font height of a Paragraph and Character styles with Em-box as a reference.

    4 votes

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  9. Alt/Option-click on the "New style" icon to open a text style definition dialog directly

    It would be a giant leap forward for Illustrator to match InDesign's UX for paragraph and character styles management.

    Allow us to Alt/Option-click on the "New style" icon to open the style definition dialog directly, avoiding nonsense names like "Paragraph Style 1."

    The same approach is used for Graphic Styles, so it should be allowed for text styles as well.

    Original idea by Alan Gilbertson

    2 votes

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  10. Right-click on a text style to access the its definition and options

    It would be a giant leap forward for Illustrator to match InDesign's UX for paragraph and character styles management.

    Allow right-click on a character or paragraph style to access the style definition and options via a context menu: Edit style, Duplicate style, Delete style, Apply style, Redefine style, instead of using the panels’ menus.

    Original idea by Alan Gilbertson

    4 votes

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  11. 文字プロパティの「さらに検索」の言語表示を改善

    文字プロパティの「さらに検索」で母国語以外の他言語が上位表示される仕様になっている。

    日本ユーザーの場合、韓国語が上位表示されており、利便性に欠けるとともに、ローカライズが出来ていない状態といえる。

    ユーザーの母国語を最優先に表示する仕様に改善すべきと考える。

    1 vote

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  12. Ability to pre-select Fill Color for the Type tool, rather than defaulting to Black text.

    Ability to pre-select Fill Color for the Type tool, rather than defaulting to Black text. This allows for more flexibility and efficiency for using the type tool throughout a project with multiple text colors.

    1 vote

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  13. Warn about text elements in a document

    Greetings, team. I have a suggestion to enhance your fantastic design software. I frequently work with tiny text elements in my vector art designs for textile sublimation. The challenge lies in the sheer volume of items I create daily, each with various sizes and variations. Sometimes, I inadvertently include text within the art, only to notice it after printing. To address this, I propose the creation of a 'guide text' feature. This text could be visible during the design process but excluded from the final print. Alternatively, a warning could be implemented to alert users when text is present within…

    1 vote

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  14. Add Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X as a text modal keyboard shortcut for strikethrough text

    Recently Ai finally added hotkeys slots for text formatting (following this request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33679330) — for bold, Underline, Italics.

    We need more.
    Even though Strikethrough (as well as Underline) in Ai is very basic and does not allow customization (here is a request about both: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48103976), we need at least an empty hotkey slot for it. Most apps support Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X for this, so I suggest the same combination.

    3 votes

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  15. アップデート(28.7.1)後、丸数字など機種依存文字が表示されません

    アップデート(28.7.1)後、丸数字など機種依存文字が表示されません

    1 vote

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  16. Add Convert to Point / Area Type commands in context menu for text

    When I right-click on text, I would like there to be an option to switch between area/point text, instead of going to the type menu.

    2 votes

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  17. Add an "All Minuscule" button to the character tool panel

    There's an all caps button why not the opposite. At times I've seen plenty of brands use minuscule characters for some lines exclusively. It would be nice to have templates that prevent the error to have majuscule letters or vowels when a brand doesn't want it and explaining it to the client/customer. I've made a sample you can check out. It seems simple enough to add.

    5 votes

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  18. Leading / Line Height calculator (more Auto options)

    Illustrator now offers 120% as the default leading value.
    Changing it requires you to go to Justification dialog within the Character panel.
    The setting is global for the document.
    Changing the default value for all new documents requires editing [Normal Paragraph Style] in proper Document Profile (and default ones are reset every time Ai updates).

    Typography often requires more variety than just a value relative to font size.
    In real projects we have to calculate leading / line height based on line width, x-height... and also background, color, the font itself.

    While Ai hardly can do it all on its…

    7 votes

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  19. Font stack (like CSS)

    As a user who frequently works with CJK texts, I often encounter challenges in managing fonts for multilingual documents. Currently, setting different fonts for mixed-texts is a cumbersome process.

    When I work with mixed texts, it is common to set CJK texts in one typeface and English text in another, as it is usually the case for many brands. To do so, I have to set the fonts of the text twice (first English, then find all characters whose font is unchanged and set them to the CJK font). Sometimes, if the chosen CJK font has missing characters (“tofu”), I…

    3 votes

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  20. 增加文字编排的功能

    建议增加如下功能:
    1.段落-避头尾间断类型-确定调整量优先级
    2.排版器-Adobe CJK单行排版器和Adobe CJK段落排版器
    如图。

    1 vote

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