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  1. Please add weibei-TC-bold font back to adobe applications.

    I am unable to use "weibei-TC-bold" in my previously saved AI files from 2018 and 2019. I have been using this font for my business logo for two years.

    2 votes

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  2. Tapered basic brush

    The current basic brush does not allow the user to use it. if you want a basic line with flat ends you would need ot create it as a new brush or use other tools. But a basic line for the brush tool with tapered edges. Or at atleast the same exact basic brush. just with the option to change the porametors.

    4 votes

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  3. Add Transform Again Individually / Transform Sequence Again / Sequence Again Individually commands, as in InDesign

    Illustrator has Transform Again command (and it’s rather useful), but InDesign has three additional commands:

    1. Transform Again Individually:
      Applies the last single transform operation to each selected object individually, rather than as a group.

    2. Transform Sequence Again:
      Applies the last sequence of transform operations to the selection.

    3. Transform Sequence Again Individually:
      Applies the last sequence of transform operations to each selected object individually.

    As described here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/transforming-objects.html#repeat_transformations

    Here is a video demonstrating the difference between these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gLe9LeRKI

    Sure, we have Transform Each as a workaround, but it doesn’t support custom pivots as …

    11 votes

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  4. Convert outline text to editable text

    I work with a lot of files that come to me with outline text, which I then have to retype from scratch. It would be a really useful feature if outline text could be converted to editable text - could there be some kind of auto-recognition (OCR) of the outline text and generate editable text from this? Built-in OCR?

    78 votes

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  5. Allow appearances to apply to linked files

    Linked documents (i.e. other .ai files) can't have their appearance modified.

    I.e. if I have a vector design.ai, I can place it in another .ai document however no stroke or fill options actually apply to the file.

    This makes scenarios where you have to invert the vector design.ai difficult without custom SVG filters to help try influence the linked document.

    1 vote

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  6. Enable continuous work while generating vector graphics

    Currently, when generating a vector graphic within Adobe Illustrator, the entire application becomes unresponsive for approximately 30 seconds (or longer, depending on complexity). This forces users to wait idly without being able to continue their work, significantly disrupting workflow, concentration, and productivity.

    I request that Adobe implement a background processing feature that would allow users to continue drawing, editing, or performing other tasks within Illustrator while vector graphics are being generated in the background.

    Thank you!
    Danny

    5 votes

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  7. Issue transferring dwg file to Temp folder

    Is there any possibility in Ai, when we export or run the script on the Ai file and we get only dwg file without that png (bitmap image) so that we can add only dwg file in Temp folder and it will get convert into .svg file.

    1 vote

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  8. Add a 'Single Midpoint Anchor' Tool in Illustrator

    Request: Add a tool or command that allows users to add a single anchor point precisely at the midpoint of any selected path segment without affecting the entire shape.

    Why It’s Needed: Illustrator currently lacks an intuitive way to place an anchor point exactly between two existing anchor points. The "Add Anchor Points" command applies to all segments, and the Smart Guides often fail to indicate an accurate midpoint. Manually calculating coordinates is impractical.

    Suggested Implementation:

    • A new "Add Midpoint Anchor" option in Object > Path that works on a single segment.

    • A modified behavior in the Pen…

    6 votes

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  9. Pattern preview

    Please add a feature for illustrator that is a pattern preview, such as in photoshop or affinity designer. Since illustrator is literally for patterns and illustrations, this feature should be in AI

    2 votes

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  10. Be able to create a finished vector repeat tile from Pattern Editing Mode.

    Currently, the only way for a designer to get a final tile from a repeat pattern created in pattern mode is a clunky workaround involving dragging the fill swatch art from the swatches panel to the artboard and then working with the bounding shape to create a cropped, repeatable tile for export. We need a button to click inside pattern mode that creates a tile from the artwork inside pattern mode that is perfectly cropped (could be a clipping mask) but will retain all the live content that typically gets expanded when you exit pattern mode. This option…

    9 votes

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  11. Eyedropper tool to have option to pick gradient settings

    If you have a gradient set up with custom rotation and you want to pick it to another object with eyedroper tool, the rotation doesn't transfer.

    It would save time not having to type it again.

    Maybe add some other options as well to have more control.

    It should be an option at the eyedropper tool properties. (See image)

    6 votes

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  12. Make permanent artboard captions displayed on top when using Artboard Tool / mode

    In Ai 2026 (build 30) a new option was presented, 'Show Artboard name on canvas', in Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display, enabled by default, following this request:
    Provide an option for making artboard names / numbers visible on the artboard (like when editing artboards), https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/40405873

    While it’s great and all, these new subtle captions replace the old 'label' ones we used to get when enabling Artboard tool / mode... and these new captions are rendered BELOW the artwork, even when I specifically want to deal with artboards, not artwork.
    These should appear on top when using Artboard Tool, and…

    2 votes

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  13. Extend the grid interval from 377.7 mm to 1000 mm (or more, who cares if it 100,000,000 with 1000 subdivisions?)

    To make it easier to use real world dimensions when drawing large artwork in Ai I have a document that is a few meters wide and a few meters high.

    I want the major grid lines at 1000 mm interval (its a 1 to 1 technical drawing) and subdivisions of 10, so minor grid lines at 100 mm intervals.

    I can't, Ai has a max grid interval of 377.777777.

    Doesn't make sense to limit it in this way. Grid intervals in AutoCAD etc. are whatever you want them to be at all.

    2 votes

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  14. Paste svg content from clipboard, not underlying xml content

    There are several design tools that can put SVG text on the clipboard including Illustrator. Please support pasting that content from the clipboard as content, not xml text. XD does this correctly, so Illustrator should too.

    3 votes

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    We have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 22.1.
    Please refer to our knowledge base FAQhttps://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
    Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html

    Warm Regards,
    Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
    Adobe. Make It an Experience.

  15. Absolute mode for Scale tool

    Speaking of Transform Each new absolute mode, presented in one of Beta builds (removed for now).
    While having it is great (especially in the finished state), Transform still relies on one of 9 reference points.
    To set a custom transformation pivot/origin we need to use interactive tools... and they don’t offer absolute lengths.

    Here, take a look, a real example.

    I need to scale this > shape to be exactly 20mm height — and I need it to be scaled exactly from the position I marked with guides — the bottom right corner of it.

    Transform panel can’t offer…

    3 votes

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  16. Bring back the feature where the text stays on the screen when moving through the a text block

    In the not-so-distant pass, when kerning in AI using the arrow keys, the screen would move along with the cursor as you went through the copy so you didn’t have to stop kerning to reposition the cursor, it followed along and even returned to the next sentence in the text. Which is still the case with InDesign, it works beautifully. But now that no longer happens in AI. Now when you are kerning using the arrow keys the screen no longer moves along with the cursor, when you reach the end of the text that is visible on your…

    6 votes

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  17. Provide an accurate information about the position for a guide while dragging from ruler

    Dragging a Guide from the rulers is not very accurate. Please add a way to see the exact position of the guide (preferably as an overlay near the guide, but in the Ai ecosystem maybe in the Info panel). And please let it snap to exact values when pressing Shift.

    3 votes

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  19. Smart guide show projected extension of another line when hovering

    This is a basic feature in CAD programs. When you are using the pen or line tools, you need to be able to hover over the end point of a line, and then snap the cursor to that line's hypothetical extension, so you can start a new line on that extension, so that each point you make can be co-linear with another.

    See this video: https://youtu.be/9RgRoOunCDs?t=18 and attached images

    I can't say how many times (probably in the tens of thousands) in my career when I have had to drag out a construction line extension just so i can…

    9 votes

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  20. Delete all / individual color chips in Recent Colors sections

    Recently Ai added Recent Color sections (the request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44772598) to Swatches and Color panels (with an ability to disable them — thanks!)
    Unfortunately, we have no control over the section. Once a color gets added, it stays until Prefs reset.

    Sometimes I misclick and create almost identical colors and have to hover later to understand which one is correct... or want to remove some chips to keep some older ones... or wipe everything to be less distracted, because I switch projects.

    I’d like to have an ability to hold Opt/Alt or Shift and delete these chips with a click.…

    8 votes

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