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  1. Unwanted spacing when hitting certain keys

    Mac OS 10.14.1 running Illustrator 23.0.2
    When entering text, certain keys will make the cursor skip around, not allowing the proper formatting of the text.

    I was trying to type G. Echinulata, and when I got to 'n', the cursor skipped backwards, separating the first and second part of the text. Using an upercase 'N' seems to work as expected.

    I've experienced this with lowecase 'n', and 'f'.

    1 vote

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  2. Discretionary hyphens do not seem to work

    I can’t get discretionary hyphens to work in Illustrator CC 23.0.2, either by Shift-command -- or with Type > Insert Special Character > Hyphens and Dashes > Discretionary Hyphen. Whether Hyphenate is turned on or off for the paragraph does not matter. Language does not seem to make a difference either.
    Only the hyphens added by Illustrator itself are obeyed.

    16 votes

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  3. Unable to select text once it's been horizontally scaled (condensed)

    Illustrator CC 23.0.2 (Mojave Mac Pro)

    If I horizontally scale a text element on the artboard I'm then unable to select it with any of the arrow selection tools. Elements aren't locked or masked.

    2 votes

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  4. PNG export with specific font look broken

    When I export any file as PNG / JPEG which included type the font become broken/blur.

    I am not sure how can I overcome this issue i tried from different accounts and computer as well but is still the same.

    1 vote

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  5. Variable Font not working properly

    Hello, I am a type designer and am working on a variable script font. The variable font file work fine everywhere else except in Adobe products.

    It appears the sidebearings aren't adjusting with the changes in width. Very odd. You can see whats happening in the first file. The second is on the Axis Praxis website.

    I've spoken with Glyphs App developers and they said it's a glitch with Illustrator, so I wanted to bring it to your attention.

    17 votes

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    I am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
    Please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.
    Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your fonts and file to figure out what is going on here.

  6. Colored text randomly changing to black

    Mac OS 10.12.6 with Illustrator CC 2019

    Since December text has been randomly changing to black. It happens with bullets more frequently, but sometimes two words in a paragraph will turn black. This happens frequently when I reopen files but also while I'm working.

    Sometimes (but not always) when I change the color back with the eyedropper, it still shows up black in the Appearance panel (see photo).

    My 2 coworkers are also having this issue.

    I don't know if it's related, but I'm also having a problem with cutting (CTRL-X) objects. Simple shapes and text will temporarily not allow…

    3 votes

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  7. When opening my files I have the fonts missing

    Missing Fonts. When opening my files I have the fonts missing. Meaning every font I used are all gone and even though I can see it in the preview but when opening the files the fonts are missing.

    8 votes

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  8. Transform the Height of a Font Object issues

    masOS High Sierra - Illustrator 23.0.2
    When I try to Transform the Height of font object, it move the object instead of changing the Height of the object. If you Create Outlines, it's ok.

    1 vote

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  9. Keyboard arrows when typing in the Text Tool

    When typing within the text tool, my keyboard arrow keys fail to move the cursor between chars.

    1 vote

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  10. Type On A Path text not sticking exactly to path

    When Type On A Path is applied to a circle, some type is input, and the type is rotated by effect (not permanently), the type no longer stays on the path.

    1 vote

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  11. drag paragraph styles in the window to order

    If you drag paragraph styles in the window to order, you cannot click on styles again.

    1 vote

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  12. Cannot Scale Images or Text

    As I'm illustrating on Illustrator, I cannot scale images or text suddenly. I would uninstall and re-install the program to get rid of the bug, but it keep returning randomly. I do not hit or click on any key or button to make this happen. Every time is comes back on its own unprovoked.

    It happens on both my work and home macbook.
    A text box, for example would be too small for the copy inside it, but I cannot expand the box because the box seems to be frozen in its exact shape.
    I can drag the box anywhere…

    2 votes

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  13. Paragraph styles not properly justifying

    I'm using the latest updated version of CC on mac High Sierra 10.13.6

    When I just use the justify option in the paragraph window, the type will justify properly, but when I've tried to create a paragraph style, the type hangs outside of the text box, no matter what I do.

    Is there something I'm doing wrong, or is this a bug issue? And if so, any workarounds? I'm working on a file that needs a lot of type, and Illustrator is preferred over InDesign (which I've never had a problem with).

    Thanks.

    3 votes

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  14. Paragraph style tab numeric measure is wrong

    v22.1/23/0.1
    Windows 10

    Both v22.1 and 23.0.1 show the wrong numeric 'X' measure when setting or adjusting a tab stop in a paragraph style. The measure shown is inflated both according to the ruler below the tab stop, and tabs set using the tab window. The numeric measure is inflated by an increasing amount the further the tab is from the left margin, and remains inflated whether units are set to mm or inches.
    eg. 20mm tab stop shows as 29.8mm in the paragraph style dialog

    6 votes

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  15. Fonts not synching across licenses on two laptops

    My fonts (not from typekit) aren't synching across the licenses of two laptops - so if I want to work on a file from Dropbox I can't as the fonts are missing on the laptop I didn't create the file on. Defeats the purpose of being able to have AI on two laptops.

    1 vote

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  16. Type resizing issue in Illustrator CC 2019 v23.0.1

    If I try to change the point size of a typeface on type that is indeed selected (any typeface - not specific to any one in particular), while I can select or type in a specific size in the type "window" (cmd T to open, or I just open it from my docked windows) it has no effect on the actual size. I can change the size using the panel across the top (see attached screen cap) just fine.

    This just started happening today. I've done no updates related to my OS (latest version for Mac of Mojave) or Illustrator.

    3 votes

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  18. text change when opening in Illustrator CC 2019

    Illustrator 23.0.1 on Mac OS 10.12.6
    I have issues when I open a document that was created in Illustrator CC2017 in CC 2019. It seems that the text spacing is different, so sometimes some characters are changing to the next line!
    See example exact same document between CC 2017 and CC 2019

    1 vote

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  19. Vectorise text doesn't work on text mask

    There's a bug in Illustrator (all versions MacOS 10.12.6):
    when there's a non-vectorised text mask in a file and you do select all -> vectorise text, the non-vectorised text mask will not be vectorised.
    Then when you re-open the file on a computer without the active fonts, it won't give you a warning that there's a missing font!
    Only when you click on the mask it will say that there's a font missing.

    1 vote

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  20. Type Tool Craziness

    The latest update to Illustrator CC seems to have completely rendered the type tool useless. It's not stable, it has trouble selecting text. It has trouble staying active. Is this a compatibility issue with the touch pad? If need be, I can create a screen recording of all the craziness it's doing.

    Using a MacBook Pro 2018 with 32gb Ram
    OSX Mojave 10.14

    1 vote

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