Calligraphic Brush, Blob Brush appearance anomalies at small brush sizes (1 pt and above)

Illustrator 22.1, though this is extant in all versions I'm familiar with (since at least CS5).

When drawing with a calligraphic brush (and thus also with the blob brush) at small sizes, certain tight curves result in anomalous shapes extending out from the expected area covered by the brush. The screenshot attached is around 15mm across. AI file also attached. Expected result is that the brushed area corresponds to the shape of the calligraphic brush along the whole length of the path.

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Doug Roberts shared this idea · May 2, 2018 · Report… · Admin →

Done (In Beta) ·

AdminRama (Mgr, Software Development, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Nov 5, 2024

Remaining issues are addressed in Beta build 29.2.0.10, Please try and add a comment.

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AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Oct 19, 2023

This is obviously not fixed, so the previous status is removed.

Completed (Comments Open) ·

AdminAvinash Singh Kotwal (Principal Product Manager, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Aug 22, 2019

I am happy to share that we have fixed this bug in our latest release – 23.0.6 which is available worldwide now.

Going forward, our goal is to fix as many top User-Voice bugs as possible and as frequently as possible. Given the nature of the fixes, some of the bugs will take a longer time to fix, but we are on it.

You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html

Thank you for all the feedback. Keep it coming!

Done (In Beta) ·

AdminAnkit Goyal(Illustrator Team) (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded · Jul 15, 2019

Hello,

Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience the issue has caused. We do test our products thoroughly including running it through multiple beta testers and we really regret that this issue slipped past our quality checks.
We have a fix and is available in the pre-release build. Please visit https://adobe.ly/1o2SDsg and get the latest build for version 23.0.5 (Build 3). While the build is prerelease this build is still of production quality. Please feel free to use/recommend it for your day to day activity.
We would appreciate if you can give us the feedback on the correctness of the fix by pressing the Thumbs up button on the UserVoice page.

Regards,
Ankit Goyal
Illustrator Team

Under Review ·

Ashutosh Chaturvedi responded · Jan 22, 2019

We need to make some design changes to incorporate real thin brushes rendering at high zoom. Please use the comment section to indicate your workflows so that we can prioritize this.

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Ashutosh Chaturvedi responded · Aug 27, 2018

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Matthew commented · November 5, 2024 1:33 AM · Report

Still present in the 29.2 beta build.

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Matthew commented · October 19, 2023 9:16 PM · Report

Still having this issue in 28.0

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Doug Roberts commented · May 24, 2023 4:21 PM · Report

Still present in 27.5

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Doug Roberts commented · August 11, 2022 1:59 PM · Report

Still present in 26.4.1

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Tom Wilson commented · May 10, 2022 8:09 AM · Report

Still in 26.2.1 Please fix!

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Doug Roberts commented · January 18, 2022 4:52 PM · Report

Still in 26.0.2

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Neg Koray commented · October 26, 2021 12:18 AM · Report

Still an issue as of OCTOBER 2021!
Jesus Christ.

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Doug Roberts commented · July 9, 2021 4:22 PM · Report

And still in 25.3.1:

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Anonymous commented · July 27, 2020 7:59 PM · Report

This bug hasn't being fixed but Adobe is looking at the other side.

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Simon Bowland commented · July 27, 2020 6:23 PM · Report

This bug hasn't been fully fixed and therefore should not be showing as "completed".

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Doug Roberts commented · November 13, 2019 4:54 PM · Report

And still in 24.0.0

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Doug Roberts commented · October 1, 2019 6:53 PM · Report

I'm still seeing the bug in the 23.1 release.

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kim in commented · September 14, 2019 10:15 PM · Report

When is that getting finally fixed ??? Admin ?? Newest release didn't solve the problem.

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Eric commented · September 12, 2019 3:45 PM · Report

Could we get an official response, because the problem is still present.

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Jessie Chang commented · September 11, 2019 11:23 PM · Report

what's wrong with the ai? it is ok when i save to jpg, but is shows different way in programing......

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Doug Roberts commented · August 28, 2019 1:46 PM · Report

Hi Ashutosh,

I can recreate the problem in your own file by increasing the brush size from 5 to 6 pt:

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nk commented · August 27, 2019 2:43 PM · Report

and with slightly modified stroke we have results like shown in attached printscreens and it is NO good.

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AdminAshutosh Chaturvedi (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented · August 26, 2019 7:54 PM · Report

here is the gif file demonstrating the difference between pre and post fix. Please notice the change in appearance pre and post the fix. I am switching from outline view to demonstrate that they have the same underlying path. You can download the file i used from my previous comment.

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AdminAshutosh Chaturvedi (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented · August 26, 2019 7:51 PM · Report

Attaching the file that shows difference and the fix made.

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Eric commented · August 26, 2019 2:24 AM · Report

It's NOT fixed. Return the original title.

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