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  1. 2 votes

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  2. Installed Fonts Not Being Updated

    I've tried the forums but this issue is still not solved & I've not been able to find a solution anywhere. Allow me to clarify.

    Thi issueeffects both the font menus and fonts in the entire document & actually across unlimited documents after unlimited numbers of app restarts and system restarts. I assume this can be fixed because I have proper behavior on one machine & improper behavior on another.

    I build fonts. I use Illustrator as one of many apps in which I test the fonts as part of my workflow. The problem I am having is that fonts…

    3 votes

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  3. macOS Mojave-10.14.6 / Adobe Creative Cloud, Illustrator CC 2019

    Though item on art board is activated by selection tool it shows no indication of being hi lighted. There are no corner control buttons and no outlines on the perimeters of object. I see no reference to the situation in the menu.

    1 vote

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  4. Color palette overrides fill colors and color modes in Illustrator 2018

    Hi, I am a design professor and most students in my class experienced a specific problem when we were doing an exercise to learn how to apply the correct color palettes to different logo files. Specifically, we created fictional identity designs as a means to learn how to create a production-ready bundle of files (a logo with versions in b&w, spot color (Pantone), 4-color process, and RGB). Almost 100% of my 18 students had their 4-color process file -- which was filled with CMYK colors upon designing, and should have stayed CMYK -- show up as being filled with RGB…

    23 votes

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  5. All toolbars gone - Illustrator CC 2019

    As soon as I open the Illustrator today, every toolbar was lost. Even if I click the workspace presets, it doesn't do anything. I already returned all the lost tool bars manually but when I opened Ai, they're gone again. Please fix this. Thank you.

    6 votes

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  6. Every time Illustrator start, CEPHTMLengine steal focus by constantly being killed/crash and restarted

    This is a bug, not an idea.
    I'm using Illustrator 2019 with full Adobe CC over Windows 7 pro, Since the update from 2018 every time I start Illustrator all other windows loose focus every 20sec, including Illustrator. I can not even type a full sentence when illustrator is ON. Once Illustrator is closed, the normal focus returns.
    I noticed that the CEPHTMLEngine start when Illustrator start and its being killed or crash every 20sec and then is restarted, This restart steal focus from any program running in windows. The cycle continues until Illustrator is closed.

    I'm behind a corporate…

    5 votes

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  7. 1 vote

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  8. font finder/Missing font box keeps loading and unable to activate missing fonts

    Find Font box not working. Example i am missing fonts and when i open that menu it shows the fonts used in the document but the missing ones just have a loading circle next to it and it never stops.

    Also the Missing font box. When i do have the fonts and want to Activate them they will never activate, It just loads for 10mins and stops with out loading the fonts.

    13 votes

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    Need More Info  ·  Anish Kumar responded

    Hi All,

    We are not able to reproduce this issue at our end. Can you please let us know if you are still facing this issue? Also, is the Creative Cloud running fine on your machine when this issue happens?

    Thanks
    Anish

  9. User Interface slide scale not on my Illustrator 2019

    Having issues with 2019 version while using hotdoor CADtools. Viewed great with 2018, but in 2019, it's too tiny to read. Solution I am given is to go to Preferences>User Interface and up the scale. And I'm shown the screenshot (attached) for the adjustment scale. However, my AI has the screen (attached) w/o any scale. Why is this? Running Windows 10 Pro / 64-bit. Screens are in set in Portrait mode w 1080 x 1920 res. Again, the CADtools worked great in 2018 Illustrator but not in 2019.

    1 vote

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  10. Applying 'line' freeform gradient crashes Illustrator

    Trying to change any freeform gradient's 'Draw' setting from 'Points' to 'Lines' results in an immediate crash, no matter what shape it's being applied to.

    I have uninstalled/reinstalled Illustrator multiple times, and completely reset all user configuration settings, and this behavior remains unchanged.

    Illustrator version: 23.0.6
    OS: macOS Mojave, version 10.14.6

    1 vote

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  11. Sync with Adobe Draw

    I am new to using Adobe Draw and sending the vectors direct to Illustrator.

    Draw has a simple one click feature to send a vector to AI. Except that it doesn't work quite as it should. The project gets stuck in the cloud, I can see any drawing I create then send 'direct' in my Adobe.com assets > mobile creations. It doesn't push through to AI, which I have open while I'm working in Draw.

    I have been through the support team, and have been advised the only solution is to send all my drawings through, then restart both devices,…

    7 votes

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  12. BUG- Illustrator crashing at least once a day- usually when saving a normalized pdf

    Use illustrator to apply art to Artios files- save file as normalized pdf, and it crashes almost every time it is saving. Have to restart. Recent files are not up to date, at least 5 day lag. Illustrator also very slow to open files.

    1 vote

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  13. ExtendscriptToolkit is 32bit-only, OSX Catalina is 64bit-only

    I use a script I wrote for an important business function. For the last couple OSX upgrades, it has been warning me that ExtendscriptToolkit is not compatible with future versions of the OS. Specifically, OSX Catalina, which has been seeded to developers, will only support 64bit applications, and ExtendscriptToolkit is a 32bit application. Is that going to be addressed before the OS is released?

    3 votes

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  14. Art board freezes, then disappears

    I use a Wacom to draw my art on Adobe Illustrator 2019 cc, 23.0.6 64 Bit. I haven't had any problems drawing, but today I am only able to draw a few items before the art board completely freezes and I can't draw anymore. HOWEVER, when looking at my layers, everything I draw shows up. I just can't see it on the actual art board. The things I was able to draw, I am unable to move or change. Then trying to fix it, the whole art board disappears, but it still says it there on the Layers tab...

    Please…

    1 vote

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  15. Option + Enter (on keypad) doesn't work anymore to produce a copy

    OS x 10.14.6

    Illustrator 23.0.6

    When using dialogue boxes for scale, rotate move etc, after inputting numbers i used to be able to hit option + enter (next to the keypad) and it would create a copy of whatever I element i was scaling, rotating, moving. This doesn't work anymore. nothing happens. I have to hit option + return for this to work. It used to work a few versions ago. Can you please change it back. it's super annoying inputting numbers on the keypad and not being able to hit the enter key next to the keypad to create…

    1 vote

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  16. 174 votes

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  17. After unlink vector art from symbol, handles and points never appear again - CC 23.0.2

    I see that this bug was supposedly fixed but it's back.

    I made a vector shape and dragged it to the symbols palette.

    Then I placed the symbol in my artboard, and unlinked the placed art from the symbol.

    Now when the shape is selected, no handles or points are ever visible again - I can not select all or any handles or points with the direct selection tool, because they are gone. The shape can not be manipulated.

    It does not matter if I cut and paste it, expand it, ungroup it, double click it, or paste it into…

    6 votes

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  18. STOP THE 'A New Version Of Illustrator Is Now Available' Pop Up annoying everyone...

    How about you get rid of this annoying "A New Version Or Illustrator Is Now Available" pop up???

    ITS REALLY ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    8 votes

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  19. Pathfinder and redraw bugs

    These screenshots and QT movies and AI files correspond to bug reports I made earlier this month.

    https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aabb5c132-3029-4f7a-bf02-e76f73bd22cf

    1 vote

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  20. 1 vote

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